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Hybrid Operating Rooms Put the Focus on the Patient

Philipp Grätzel von Grätz
Published on July 24, 2018
Alfred Holzgreve moderated a panel discussion on hybrid ORs at the Hauptstadtkongress.

Numerous advantages

Alfred Holzgreve, Director of Clinical Research, Vivantes Network Berlin, Germany

Hybrid surgery was among the topics discussed at the Hauptstadtkongress.

Everything in one place

Peter Seitz, Global Head of Surgery, Business Area Advanced Therapies, Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim, Germany

At the Hauptstadtkongress, a panel spoke about feasibility of a hybrid O.R

Good planning is everything

Josef Rosenbauer, Managing Director, Diakonie South Westphalia gGmbH, Siegen, Germany

“You have to have doctors who can perform the operations made possible by hybrid surgery.”

Josef Rosenbauer, Managing Director, Diakonie South Westphalia gGmbH, Siegen, Germany

Augmented reality and artificial intelligence

“If we know exactly where the tumor is before the incision, there are fewer complications – there's no doubt about that at all.”

Alfred Holzgreve, Director of Clinical Research, Vivantes Network Berlin, Germany
By Philipp Grätzel von Grätz

Philipp Grätzel von Grätz lebt und arbeitet als freiberuflicher Medizinjournalist in Berlin. Seine Spezialgebiete sind Digitalisierung, Technik und Herz-Kreislauf-Therapie.

  1. The statements by Siemens Healthineers customers described herein are based on results that were achieved in the customer’s unique setting. Since there is no “typical” hospital and many variables exist (e.g., hospital size, case mix, level of IT adoption) there can be no guarantee that other customers will achieve the same results.