Healthcare IT News September 23, 2022
A recent study found patients using virtual reality while undergoing hand surgery required less anesthesia during surgery.
A recent study published in PLOS One and conducted by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers in Boston reveals virtual reality use during hand surgery led to significant reductions in intraoperative anesthetic without negatively impacting patient-reported outcomes.
In a small, eight-month randomized controlled trial, researchers evaluated 34 patients undergoing hand surgery and the amount of anesthesia administered intraoperatively in conjunction with or without VR use.
The VR group received significantly less propofol per hour than the control group. Notably, post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) length of stay was markedly decreased in the VR group, with patients discharged from the PACU 22 minutes earlier...
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