At all stages of the surgery the patients could ask for either more local anesthetic or propofol to put them to sleep. Only four out of the 17 patients in the VR group ultimately received propofol ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A Michigan State University team is researching the use of virtual reality goggles to reduce anxiety in surgery patients. Patient James Klunzinger, 79, was able to stop ...

Heart surgery is a serious and invasive medical procedure, and that can be intimidating for a patient. A new study published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests that virtual reality (VR) ...

Minimizing the use of sedatives during operations could shorten hospital stays and reduce the risk of complications. Immersing patients in virtual reality could help reduce the amount of local ...

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All you need is a headset and smartphone to enter a virtual world of gaming, movies, travel – and now surgery. Health care company Medical Realities is using virtual reality to transport people ...

Next month, my mom will retire as a theater nurse. For almost 40 years she's been walking into her hospital on a near daily basis, donning a fresh pair of scrubs and helping a surgical team save ...

Virtual reality is often touted as a way of creating fantasy universes, but it could also turn out to be an effective way of teaching skills that are hard to practice in the real world. Take training ...

A team of doctors collaborating across continents leveraged virtual reality tech to perform a risky surgery that successfully separated conjoined twins who had a fused brain, a condition ...

Virtual reality has already been used to assist with surgery, and now it's giving you a chance to see that surgery as it happens. Medical Realities says it'll host the first live VR stream of surgery ...

Surgeons can now attend a continuing education course in virtual reality. A collaboration between Cedars-Sinai and surgical streaming media platform GIBLIB, the accredited course sharpens surgeons' ...

Six-month-old Archie was born with a condition where the growth lines in his skull had fused too early. His parents needed to make a difficult decision - opt for the risks of surgery, or let nature ...