ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020
Virtual Reality for PEripheral Regional Anesthesia (VR-PERLA Study).
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Virtual Reality Is Safe and Can Reduce In-Hospital Anxiety and Pain: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analyses and Trial Sequence Analyses.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Anxiolytic effect of virtual reality headset in upper extremity surgery: a prospective randomized trial.BMC surgery · 2025Trial
- Virtual reality for reducing intraoperative anxiety and improving patient satisfaction under regional anesthesia among palestinian patients: a randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Trial
- The effect of virtual reality on anxiety, stress, and hemodynamic parameters during cesarean section: A randomized controlled clinical trial.Saudi medical journal · 2022Trial
- Virtual Reality for Anxiety and Pain Management in Lower Limb Orthopedic Surgery Under Spinal Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Virtual Reality as an Intervention for Intraoperative Anxiety and Stress in Regional Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Virtual reality in perioperative medicine: An evidence-based systematic review and meta-analysis.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2026Article
- Digital Doses: Virtual Reality Use for Perioperative Pain and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Hand Surgery.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2025Article
- The benefits of intraoperative virtual reality distraction in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) under spinal anaesthesia.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Extended reality in anesthesia: a narrative review.Korean journal of anesthesiology · 2025Review
- Current Clinical and Educational Uses of Immersive Reality in Anesthesia: Narrative Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Review
- Does the AO/OTA fracture classification dictate the anesthesia modality for the surgical management of unstable distal radius fractures? - A retrospective cohort study in 127 patients managed by general vs. regional anesthesia.Patient safety in surgery · 2025Article
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- Effects of Immersive Virtual Reality on Patient Anxiety During Surgery Under Regional Anesthesia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2023Article
- Virtual Reality as a Hypnotic Tool in the Management of Anxiety During the Performance of the Axillary Block.Journal of medical systems · 2023Observational
- The Emerging Role of Virtual Reality as an Adjunct to Procedural Sedation and Anesthesia: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Impact of Regional Block Failure in Ambulatory Hand Surgery on Patient Management: A Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
When used as an add-on to regional anesthesia, virtual reality (VR) has been reported to provide anxiety-reducing benefits and sedation-sparing effects. However, its impact on patient satisfaction is still a matter of controversy. We investigated the feasibility and benefits of implementing intraoperative VR distraction in a French University Hospital (Hôpital Saint-Antoine, AP-HP). This monocentric observational before-after study included 100 patients who underwent ambulatory upper limb surgery under peripheral nerve block in January 2019, 50 before and 50 after implementation of an intraoperative VR distraction protocol. Primary outcome was patient self-rated satisfaction score evaluated right after surgery. Secondary outcomes included 2-month patient-reported satisfaction score, perioperative self-rated anxiety and intraoperative hemodynamic changes. Compared to former standard care, VR distraction was associated with significantly higher postoperative satisfaction scores (10 [IQR 9; 10] vs. 9 [8; 10],
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