Surgery needs to be 100% using 3D printing and virtual reality | Bon Verweij | TEDxUtrecht

Did you ever ask your surgeon before your operation if he or she already performed that specific procedure on your body? This may seem like a strange question, but neurosurgeon Bon Verweij envisions a future in which we are able to make this reality. Through the use of 3D technology and virtual reality, surgeons will be able to practice and plan your surgery meticulously. Why? Because surgery needs to be 100%! Bon Verweij is a neurosurgeon at the University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands. In a 23 hour long surgery he, and craniofacial surgeon Marvick Murrain, have implanted world’s first total cranial skull using 3D print and virtual reality technology. He tells us: 'Usually surgeons use conventional scans to visualize a 3D model of the patients brain to prepare for the surgery; they use their experience of the past to operate tomorrow’s patient. That is changing: I use a 3D print and virtual reality of you…. to practice and plan your surgery'. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx