Clinical Trial: Virtual Reality for Satisfaction and Tolerability During Intercostal Chest Drain Insertion: A Headset-Based Randomized Controlled Trial
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Pleural Effusion
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Satisfaction and Tolerability of Virtual Reality as a Distraction During Small-Bore Intercostal Chest Drain Insertion: The VR-STICH Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief Summary:
Intercostal chest drain (ICC) insertion is a common procedure done worldwide to treat and diagnose pleural disease. It is used to evacuate fluid, blood, or air in the cavity from a myriad of causes namely pleural effusions of different etiologies, empyema, hemothorax, chylothorax and pneumothorax. It also functions as a route for antibiotics, pleurodesis and fibrinolytics. Hippocrates, whose practiced medicine 2,400 years ago, is often credited with being the first to insert a metal tube into the pleural region to…
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