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<\/p>\nRezende chose cases of varying difficulty to give viewers a broad look at different surgical techniques.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI find it really useful because it helps you understand the thought process of the surgeon performing the procedure,\u201d said Dr. Fares Antaki, a vitreoretinal surgeon who will begin working at the Centre hospitalier de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al in September. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou can try to apply some of the things you learned during the session.\u201d <\/p>\n
He added that he appreciated being able to ask specific questions about what he was seeing in real time and having discussions with the surgeon afterward.<\/p>\n
It took about four years to organize Tuesday\u2019s broadcast, which required specialized cameras and a reliable high-speed internet connection to prevent lagging. <\/p>\n
Retinal surgery involves microscopic operations.<\/p>\n
The Maisonneuve-Rosemont\u2019s expertise lies in performing these types of surgeries using a small tube equipped with a camera.<\/p>\n
\u201cNormally, when we operate, we see images of the retina through the cornea. It\u2019s like a transparent layer that allows us to see through it,\u201d Rezende explained. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere are patients whose corneas are opaque because they\u2019ve suffered trauma or something similar. So, we wouldn\u2019t be able to perform the surgery if we didn\u2019t have the camera inside the eye.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Cynthia Qian, a retinal surgeon and colleague of Rezende, said that when students or doctors attend conferences, the surgeries presented are often carefully staged.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes, five-hour procedures are summarized in two minutes. So it doesn\u2019t really reflect what happens in real time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
But by watching sensitive and complex surgeries live, students can learn from real-life situations, said Dr. Bruna Gil Ferreira, a retinal surgeon who did her postgraduate training at Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al and now practices in Brazil.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes, when you go to a conference or take a course, you\u2019re only taught classic, straightforward cases, but real life doesn\u2019t work that way,\u201d Gil Ferreira pointed out. \u201cHere \u2026 we can see firsthand what he\u2019s doing and how it\u2019s going.\u201d<\/p>\n
Operating rooms being quite small, having the operation broadcast in another room allows for a larger audience, said Qian. <\/p>\n
Rezende also hopes the livestreams can help curb the spread of misinformation on social media. He said he is concerned about some surgical videos circulating online. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a lot of videos posted online in one way or another, with very little quality control,\u201d he said. \u201cSo the goal is to build something in Quebec \u2026 to create high-quality, high-level, highly complex surgical content.\u201d<\/p>\n
And by holding more of these livestream sessions, Rezende hopes to boost the Montreal hospital\u2019s international reputation. <\/p>\n
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The Canadian Press\u2019s health coverage is supported by a partnership with the Canadian Medical Association. The Canadian Press is solely responsible for this journalistic content.<\/p>\n
Katrine Desautels, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rezende chose cases of varying difficulty to give viewers a broad look at different surgical techniques. \u201cI find…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2338,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-804090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-montreal","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}