How Real Are the Effects of Virtual Reality in Decreasing Acute Pain?

Abstract

GLOSSARYHSS = Hospital for Special Surgery Knee Score; LOS = length of stay; MAC = monitored anesthesia care; OMS = oral and maxillofacial surgery; PACU = postanesthesia care unit; PCA = patientcontrolled analgesia; RCT = randomized controlled trial; SA = spinal anesthesia; THA = total hip arthroplasty; TKA = total knee arthroplasty; USPSTF = United States Preventive Services Task Force; VAS = visual analog scale; VR = virtual reality; WOMAC = Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index