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Surgery
Surgeons were quick to consider using the newly discovered X-rays in the operating theater. However, some technological developments were required before X-rays could become established there. Today, it is impossible to imagine vascular, cardiac, thoracic, or neurosurgery, abdominal, orthopedic, trauma, or spine surgery without image-guided interventions and direct surgical control.
![Intraoperative 3D imaging: more precision and reduced surgical revisions](https://corporate.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/e47b8ed258458bed/4c74d3dbce5a/v/be5d194650b4/Intraoperative_3D_Imaging_Teaser.jpg)
![Working in a hybrid OR: Visionary medical care](https://corporate.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/9349d443c25c4a2e/359b82ac98e3/v/570c4af4ed5d/16_9_Headerimage-Sonnenaufgang.jpg)
![X-ray technology – the pearl of the operating room](https://corporate.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/618d34adb4519c8b/a3369ff98195/v/de8b5f18134c/R.504.70.I--Operationskryptoskop--16x9.jpg)