Evaluating the accuracy of a cataract surgery simulation video in depicting patient experiences under conscious anesthesia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the accuracy of a point-of-view cataract surgery simulation video in representing different subjective experiences of patients undergoing the procedure.

Methods

One hundred consecutive post-cataract-surgery patients were shown a short simulation video of the surgery obtained through a porcine eye model during the first postoperative week. Patients then answered a multiple-choice questionnaire regarding their visual and tactile intraoperative experiences and how those experiences matched the simulation.

Results

Of the patients surveyed (n = 100), 78% (n = 78) recalled visual experiences during surgery, 11% recalled pain (n = 11), and 6.4% (n = 5) recalled frightening experiences. Thirty-six percent of patients (n = 36) were interviewed after their s

SUBMITTER: Sella R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10724339 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature