Virtual reality immersion compared to monitored anesthesia care for hand surgery: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Common anesthesia practice for hand surgery combines a preoperative regional anesthetic and intraoperative monitored anesthesia care (MAC). Despite adequate regional anesthesia, patients may receive doses of intraoperative sedatives which can result in oversedation and potentially avoidable complications. VR could prove to be a valuable tool for patients and providers by distracting the mind from processing noxious stimuli resulting in minimized sedative use and reduced risk of oversedation without negatively impacting patient satisfaction. Our hypothesis was that intraoperative VR use reduces sedative dosing during elective hand surgery without detracting from patient satisfaction as compared to a usual care control.

Methods

Forty adults undergoing hand surgery

SUBMITTER: Faruki AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9491608 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature