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Three-Dimensional Visualization With Virtual Reality Facilitates Complex Live Donor Renal Transplant

Dennis Sonnier, W. Peter Sawyer, John Seal, Colin Curtis, Jack McGee, Alec Slayden and Korak Sarkar
Ochsner Journal July 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.22.0008
Dennis Sonnier
1Section of Transplant Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
2The University of Queensland Medical School, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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W. Peter Sawyer
3Department of General Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
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John Seal
1Section of Transplant Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
2The University of Queensland Medical School, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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Colin Curtis
4Medical 3D Lab, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
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Jack McGee
4Medical 3D Lab, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
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Alec Slayden
4Medical 3D Lab, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
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Korak Sarkar
2The University of Queensland Medical School, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
4Medical 3D Lab, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
5Department of Neurology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
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