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Multi-specialty: What is the evidence for HoloLens in surgical planning?

11 Multi-specialty studies in the library address this question.

Multi-specialty: HoloLensBar chart. Multi-specialty: HoloLens. Comparative or prospective studies 1, Retrospective studies 1, Surveys and user studies 1, Case reports & technical 8.RESEARCH LIBRARY · INDEPENDENT LITERATURE REVIEWMulti-specialty: HoloLens11 studies in the library, by study designComparative or prospecti…1Retrospective studies1Surveys and user studies1Case reports & technical8StudiesRealize Medical Research Library · 631 studies · updated 2026-10-03

What the studies report

  • “Lin's concordance correlation coefficients were 1.00 and 0.98 for the circumference and angle measurements, respectively, indicating almost perfect strength of agreement between ARPPS and PACS.”

    Dallas-Orr 2020 · Validation study

  • “Although a slight increase in procedure time was observed in a few cases, MR did not significantly prolong SP or H.”

    Bronowicki 2025 · Retrospective cohort · n: 9 patients

  • “According to experts, the most useful areas are medical education and surgical planning.”

    Veloso 2022 · Survey/user study · n: 22 experts

  • “The solution developed for medical training was considered a useful tool for training in urological anatomy, facilitating the translation of this knowledge to clinical practice.”

    Sánchez-Margallo 2021 · Technical development · n: 1 patient (plus experimental model)

How strong is the evidence?

Study designs: 1 comparative or prospective study, 1 retrospective study, 1 survey or user study and 8 case reports, case series and technical reports.

All 11 studies

Comparing Computed Tomography-Derived Augmented Reality Holograms to a Standard Picture Archiving and Communication Systems Viewer for Presurgical Planning: Feasibility Study #

Dallas-Orr D et al. · JMIR perioperative medicine · 2020

Multi-specialty · Validation study

“Lin's concordance correlation coefficients were 1.00 and 0.98 for the circumference and angle measurements, respectively, indicating almost perfect strength of agreement between ARPPS and PACS.”

1.00 and 0.98

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An attempt to evaluate the use of mixed reality in surgically treated pediatric oncology patients #

Bronowicki K et al. · NPJ digital medicine · 2025

Multi-specialty · Retrospective cohort · n: 9 patients

“Although a slight increase in procedure time was observed in a few cases, MR did not significantly prolong SP or H.”

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Mixed Reality in Surgery - a Delphi study #

Veloso R et al. · Kalpa publications in computing · 2022

Multi-specialty · Survey/user study · n: 22 experts

“According to experts, the most useful areas are medical education and surgical planning.”

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Consistent Perspective Alignment in Multiuser Mixed Reality for Collaborative Surgical Pre-Planning #

Menon MM et al. · 2025 IEEE 6th India Council International Subsections Conference (INDISCON) · 2025

Multi-specialty · Technical development

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An innovative mixed reality approach for Robotics Surgery #

Rus G et al. · IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering · 2024

Multi-specialty · Technical development

DOI

SurgiColab: Collaborative Mixed Reality for Enhanced Pre-Surgical Planning with 3D Anatomical Models #

Prabhakaran S et al. · International Conference on Biomedical Engineering · 2024

Multi-specialty · Technical development

DOI

A DirectX-Based DICOM Viewer for Multi-User Surgical Planning in Augmented Reality #

Zhang M et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2022

Multi-specialty · Preprint (technical development)

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Application of Mixed Reality in Medical Training and Surgical Planning Focused on Minimally Invasive Surgery #

Sánchez-Margallo JA et al. · Frontiers in Virtual Reality · 2021

Multi-specialty · Technical development · n: 1 patient (plus experimental model)

“The solution developed for medical training was considered a useful tool for training in urological anatomy, facilitating the translation of this knowledge to clinical practice.”

DOI

Use of mixed reality for surgery planning: Assessment and development workflow #

Kumar RP et al. · Journal of biomedical informatics · 2020

Multi-specialty · Technical development

“Furthermore, our clinical use-cases demonstrate that the surgeons perceived the HoloLens to be useful, recommendable to other surgeons and also provided a definitive answer at a multi-disciplinary team meeting.”

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Exploring the Benefits of Holographic Mixed Reality for Preoperative Planning with 3D Medical Images #

Mast M et al. · Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) · 2019

Multi-specialty · Technical development

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MR-Guided Mixed-Reality For Surgical Planning: Set-Up and Perceptual Accuracy #

Srinivasan S et al. · Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 25 (ISMRM 2017), abstract 5545 · 2017

Multi-specialty · Conference abstract

“The current set-up enables visualization and perception of holograms with a margin tolerance of < 6 mm.”

< 6 mm

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Summarises published research on VR/AR surgical planning across all platforms. Not product labelling. For Elucis indications see /elucis.

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