title: Cybertherapy--new applications for discomfort reductions. Surgical care unit of heart, neonatology care unit, transplant kidney care unit, delivery room-cesarean surgery and ambulatory surgery, 27 case reports.
abstract: We demonstrate the feasibility of virtual reality scenarios to reduce discomfort in patients during ambulatory and obstetric surgeries and patients hospitalized in postoperative care units from Cardiac, nephrology, and neonatology unirs. 27 patients have been participated in this preliminary reports from 3 public hospitals from Mexico city in 2006. The VR scenarios were developed in the Virtual Reality Medical Center of San Diego CA, USA, and the HMD is from the Southern University of los Angeles, CA, USA. The majority of patients demonstrated comfort with virtual scenarios during surgical procedures or hospitalization. In ambulatory surgeries the reduction of medication dosage was real. We present the first applications in surgery, obstetrics and care units. The preliminary results must be supported in the future with more number of cases and statistical results; however we can predict the usefulness because we have found reduction of medication in ambulatory surgeries. Explore new applications in different areas in medicine is a challenge of Virtual Reality.
authors: Clínica de Especialidades A. Pisanty del ISSSTE. quele01@yahoo.com
authors: José Luis
authors: JL
authors: Mosso
authors: Skip
authors: S
authors: Rizzo
authors: Brenda
authors: B
authors: Wiederhold
authors: Verónica
authors: V
authors: Lara
authors: Jesús
authors: J
authors: Flores
authors: Edmundo
authors: E
authors: Espiritusanto
authors: Arturo
authors: A
authors: Minor
authors: Amador
authors: A
authors: Santander
authors: Omar
authors: O
authors: Avila
authors: Osvaldo
authors: O
authors: Balice
authors: Benjamin
authors: B
authors: Benavides
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D009359:Neonatology; D009774:Obstetrics; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D013531:Surgicenters; D014584:User-Computer Interface