ReviewNPJ digital medicine2025
Digital twin assisted surgery, concept, opportunities, and challenges.
Review in NPJ digital medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.
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31 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Development and validation of an artificial intelligence-powered 3D digital twin for teaching and assessing retraction for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Digital twin-enabled robotic surgery: a bibliometric and knowledge-mapping analysis from patient-specific simulation to autonomy and clinical translation.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- Digital twins for non-invasive tumor localization in breast-conserving surgery: a technical pilot study.Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2026Article
- Optical digital twins for disease prevention, diagnosis, therapy, and intervention.Journal of biomedical optics · 2026Review
- Colour-Guided Surgery: A Conceptual Framework for Multimodal Intraoperative Visualisation-A Narrative Review.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2026Review
- Current Treatment Options and Emerging Technologies for Pelvic Bone Tumors: From Limb Salvage to Precision Oncology.Current treatment options in oncology · 2026Review
- Advancing AI for multi-omics and clinical data integration in basic and translational cancer research.Nature reviews. Cancer · 2026Review
- Digital simulation of kidney collecting system and stone: geometry and texture mapping.Translational andrology and urology · 2026Article
- [Digital twins in uro-oncology].Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Digital Twins in Orthopedics and Trauma: Concepts, Emerging Evidence, and Barriers to Clinical Translation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Perception-first digital twin for augmented reality microsurgery.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2026Article
- Empowering surgeons with integrated synthetic data: solutions for mastering complex clinical scenarios.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Review
- Twin Transformation in Cardiothoracic Surgery: The Convergence of Digital Innovation and Sustainability.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026Review
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- Early clinical experiences with AI-based EVAR planning using the Endoleak Risk Index support its value for individualized decision-making and education.Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2026Article
- Use of Patient-Specific 3D Models in Paediatric Surgery: Effect on Communication and Surgical Management.Journal of imaging · 2026Article
- Cross-fusion of digital twins and artificial intelligence in diabetes: from mechanistic elucidation to full-cycle precision management.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- Reprogramming the gastrointestinal microenvironment with intelligent biomaterials and digital medicine: a perspective on precision intervention for digestive diseases.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Computer-assisted surgery is becoming essential in modern medicine to accurately plan, guide, and perform surgeries. Similarly, Digital Twin technology is expected to be instrumental in the future of surgery, owing to its capacity to virtually replicate patient-specific interventions whilst providing real-time updates to clinicians. This perspective introduces the term Digital Twin-Assisted Surgery and discusses its potential to improve surgical precision and outcome, along with key challenges for successful clinical translation.
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