title: Simultaneous live video presentation during knee arthroscopy.
abstract: To improve patient understanding, we evaluated prospectively the effect of patient-observed simultaneous surgeon-explained live video during knee arthroscopy. Patient satisfaction, understanding, and tolerance of the tenderness and pain were measured by a questionnaire completed immediately after the procedure. There were 72 patients (41 men, 31 women) with a mean age of 47 years; 76 joints were treated among them. All but one were comfortably able to watch the live video of the procedure, and 89% of the patients reported a good understanding of and satisfaction with the procedure. Moreover, if the patients ever had to have another arthroscopy, 66% answered that they "certainly" wanted a live video presentation, and 25% "somewhat" desired it. Live video-presented outpatient arthroscopic knee surgery could be considered a method for improving patient understanding of knee pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko-cho, Nankoku, 783-8505, Japan.
authors.forename: Masanobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001182:Arthroscopy; D016288:Computer Terminals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010358:Patient Participation; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies