Digital twins for the era of personalized surgery

Yosra Magdi Mekki; Gijs Luijten; Elisabet Hagert; Sirajeddin Belkhair; Chris Varghese; Junaid Qadir; Barry Solaiman; Muhammad Bilal; Jaghtar Dhanda; Jan Egger; Jun Deng; Vikas Khanduja; Alejandro F. Frangi; Susu M. Zughaier; Mitchell A. Stotland

doi:10.1038/s41746-025-01575-5

Digital twins for the era of personalized surgery

Yosra Magdi Mekki^*, Gijs Luijten, Elisabet Hagert, Sirajeddin Belkhair, Chris Varghese, Junaid Qadir, Barry Solaiman, Muhammad Bilal, Jaghtar Dhanda, Jan Egger, Jun Deng, Vikas Khanduja, Alejandro F. Frangi, Susu M. Zughaier, Mitchell A. Stotland

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Digital twins can aid surgeons in training and in performing interventions with greater awareness and precision. The range and variety of digital twins in surgery are described, and their use across perioperative care is discussed. While largely experimental, they are beginning to show promise for the enhancement of personalized, adaptive, and data-driven surgical care. Issues relevant to the greater adoption and deployment of digital twins are all considered.

Original language	English
Article number	283
Journal	npj Digital Medicine
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-025-01575-5
Publication status	Published - 15 May 2025
Externally published	Yes

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