Point‐of‐View Video Recording Devices in Plastic Surgery: Educational Utility and Medicolegal Documentation Potential
Frank Bevacqua, Emma Choong, Nelson Low · 2026
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Frank Bevacqua, Emma Choong, and Nelson Low test smart glasses as a surgeon's-eye camera in plastic surgery in 2026. Operative video aids teaching and review, but capturing the surgeon's viewpoint has been awkward. The team recorded de-identified segments with Meta AI Glasses. Curated clips and stills then went to 35 viewers, medical students, junior doctors, and consultants, who rated the footage anonymously.
Every respondent rated video quality and clarity as good or excellent. Field of view and audio scored slightly lower, and documentation quality impressed 94.3 percent. Nearly all, 97.1 percent, agreed the recordings teach and review technique effectively. Consultants were the skeptics: half rated field of view and audio only middling, and most opposed routine documentation use. Free-text answers asked for zoom, better light and sound, and firm consent and privacy rules. The authors back the glasses for education now, with medicolegal use waiting on those fixes.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Frank Bevacqua, Emma Choong, Nelson Low |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |