Case Report: Virtual Reality Analgesia in an Opioid Sparing Orthopedic Outpatient Clinic Setting: A Case Study

Case Report: Virtual Reality Analgesia in an Opioid Sparing Orthopedic Outpatient Clinic Setting: A Case Study

Immersive virtual reality is proving effective as a non-pharmacologic analgesic for a growing number of painful medical procedures. External fixator surgical pins provide adjunctive stability to a broken pelvic bone until the bones heal back together, then pins are removed. The purpose of the presen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Reza Firoozabadi, Moamen Elhaddad, Sydney Drever, Maryam Soltani, Michael Githens, Conor P. Kleweno, Sam R. Sharar, David R. Patterson, Hunter G. Hoffman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Virtual Reality
Subjects:
virtual reality
pain
analgesia
ex-fix pin removal
distraction
outpatient
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2020.553492/full

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