The Hospital of St. Richard incorporates Sony OLED technology in his operating rooms

Los monitores OLED Sony PVM-2551MD, which have been installed at St Richard's Hospital replacing the old LCDs, incorporate Trismaster EL technology, highly indicated to improve visualization in surgical interventions.

The hospital St.. Richard’s (SRH) in Chichester has incorporated OLED monitors from 25 inches Sony PVM-2551MD in order to replace old LCD equipment. This is a process of updating the tools used in laparoscopic surgery and also represents the first solution of its kind in the medical sector that uses Sony's Trimaster technology to improve visualization in surgeries..

The chief surgeon of the SRN, Guy Slater, and his team were the first to test the screens and observe the contrast quality, virtually no blur, and more faithful color reproduction compared to LCD screens.

St Richard's Hospital is a district general hospital (DGH) medium sized located in Chichester (West Sussex – England). It has one of the most advanced bariatric surgery departments in the UK and specializes in weight reduction treatments for obese patients.. The service was established at St Richard's Hospital in May 2006 and today it has more than 200 patients per year.

The bariatric surgery department at SRH has the highest patient flow in the United Kingdom. Dr. Slater operates at an average of between 150 y 200 patients per year, and the 95% of the surgery performed is laparoscopic, performed using monitors and trocars. For this reason, A technological solution was needed that would allow them to distinguish the slightest differences between tissues and blood vessels that could affect the result of a weight reduction operation..

After verifying the advantages of OLED technology, for Dr. Slater would take a step back. “Now I can see the structures better to perform surgery with more precision”.

St Richard's Hospital needed a solution that would offer surgeons higher quality images and Sony offered SRH four PVM-2551MD monitors that combine Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels) with signal processing 10 bits, ensuring maximum color accuracy and image quality.

OLED monitors are particularly used in rigid and flexible endoscopies, as well as in surgical microscope procedures since they allow the surgeon to see minimal differences in tissues in low lighting conditions. Sony OLED monitors provide the highest level of resolution and precision in image reproduction.

Practice and training

SRH needed a revolutionary technological solution that would allow them to intervene efficiently and help train their students effectively to offer the best procedures in bariatric surgery., in addition to helping them develop their own intervention techniques.

Sony provided them with the best technological solution to meet those needs, in addition to his advice, undoubtedly one of the decisive factors for SRH to decide to invest in OLED.

SRH decided to transition its LCD monitors to Sony OLED ones as part of a process of updating the tools they used in laparoscopic surgery.. The hospital had the opportunity to compare both monitors and found that Sony's OLED technology provided the clearest possible image to work quickly and efficiently, and in this way improve the precision of surgery.

Impact of OLED technology

Regarding the significant impact that the introduction of OLED technology has had, Dr. Salter explains how it makes “surgery easier.”, more accurate and much less stressful. In my opinion, reports three types of advantages: processes color better, which allows the surgery to be more precise. The speed at which the image can process motion is excellent, since it remains sharp when moving the telescope across the abdomen. OLED technology allows you to work in low lighting, especially when bleeding occurs and, therefore, with more precision even though the conditions are not the most suitable”.