title: A heads-up display for diabetic limb salvage surgery: a view through the google looking glass.
abstract: Although the use of augmented reality has been well described over the past several years, available devices suffer from high cost, an uncomfortable form factor, suboptimal battery life, and lack an app-based developer ecosystem. This article describes the potential use of a novel, consumer-based, wearable device to assist surgeons in real time during limb preservation surgery and clinical consultation. Using routine intraoperative, clinical, and educational case examples, we describe the use of a wearable augmented reality device (Google Glass; Google, Mountain View, CA). The device facilitated hands-free, rapid communication, documentation, and consultation. An eyeglass-mounted screen form factor has the potential to improve communication, safety, and efficiency of intraoperative and clinical care. We believe this represents a natural progression toward union of medical devices with consumer technology.
authors.affiliation: Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA armstrong@usa.net.
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.affiliation: General Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Rankin
authors.affiliation: Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Giovinco
authors.affiliation: Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.affiliation: Nest Labs, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Yoky
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
mesh_terms: D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D006801:Humans; D023821:Limb Salvage / Q000379:methods; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
keywords: augmented reality; diabetes; heads-up display; limb salvage; telemedicine