Audio–visual distraction as an adjunct to standby anaesthesia in persons with paraplegia: a case series of five operations

Abstract

To our knowledge, this is the first report of AVD application as an adjunct to standby anaesthesia during major surgery in persons with paraplegia. Patient feedback was extremely positive, therefore it is likely that by making standby anaesthesia more acceptable to patients the use of AVD could reduce anaesthetic risk in this complex patient group.