The field of knee replacement surgery is undergoing significant changes due to the new developments that augmented reality (AR) is bringing us.

• Enhanced Surgical Precision: By superimposing vital information like alignment cues and anatomical landmarks straight onto the surgical field, augmented reality (AR) enables doctors to view the patient’s anatomy in three dimensions during surgery. As a result, patients receive better care and implant placement accuracy is increased.

• Preoperative Planning and Postoperative Guidance: By using augmented reality (AR), surgeons may produce precise 3D models of the knee for preoperative planning. Real-time guidance from AR during surgery helps to prevent problems and ensures a more accurate fit for the knee prosthesis.

• Compact and Effective Systems: New AR systems, such as the PIXEE- TKA, are compact and effective in both ambulatory surgery centers and hospital operating rooms. The precision of the technology combined with its portability can shorten surgical times and increase overall productivity, which is especially helpful in the post-pandemic environment where a lot of elective surgeries were postponed.

• CT Free Planning Augmented Reality Surgeries: Can be done without pre surgery CT scan planning a standard alignment X-ray of the lower limb is sufficient to execute the planning prior to surgery.

These patterns highlight how AR has the potential to revolutionize knee replacement surgery by improving surgical precision, productivity, and patient outcomes.