Recently, the Urology Surgery of Peking University Shougang Hospital (Wu Jieping Urology Center of Peking University) completes the first case of PCNL guided by mixed reality technology, and the patient recovers well after the operation. According to the data, it has not been reported in the world.

The patient comes from Beijing. His right renal pelvis formed stones, which caused hydronephrosis. Because of the large volume and amount of stones, ureteroscopic lithotripsy and other minimally invasive surgery could not be performed together to remove his stones. The doctor of the Urology Surgery of Peking University Shougang Hospital chose PCNL for the patient after fully communicating with his family members and him.

It is understood that the application of this technology makes the preoperative planning more reasonable, the intraoperative operation more convenient. Its accuracy, thoroughness and safety of the operation has been greatly improved, effectively solving the difficulty of the use of ultrasound guidance in the past, shortening the time of operation, reducing the surgical trauma and relieving patients’ pains.

At the same time, the application of the technology also changes the traditional way of communication, builds a bridge of communication between doctors and patients, which makes patients more intuitive to understand their illnesses and the operation, reduces the misunderstandings caused by the misalignment of medical information between the two parties and has a positive effect on stabilizing patients’ emotional state and coordinating with doctors’ operation.