image: A) Image of a study patient using the VR equipment. B) Screenshot of a typical immersive environment with an example of text communication from study personnel.
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Credit: Faruki et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Patients experiencing virtual reality immersion during hand surgery required less anesthetic to keep pain at bay, indicating the potential of this non- pharmacologic distraction technique
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0272030
Article Title: Virtual reality immersion compared to monitored anesthesia care for hand surgery: A randomized controlled trial
Author Countries: USA, Grenada
Funding: BOG was funded by an American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Mentored Research Training Grant for a portion of the study period. XRHealth provided free access to software and hardware required for the trial. Additional support for investigator time, research personnel and…
