Virtual Reality Hypnosis in Total Knee Arthroplasty Under Spinal Anesthesia
Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2024-01-31
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
For many years, total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has been a common and effective procedure to
treat chronic refractory joint pain. Although efforts must be pursued, as general anesthesia
remains the main tendency for TKA. Currently, the standard of care to manage procedural
anxiety is pharmacological sedation; i.e. the intravenous administration of additional
anesthetic agents such as propofol or midazolam. However, pharmacological sedation has
considerable undesirable side effects. Hence, risks of intraprocedural adverse events
including respiratory depression, hemodynamic perturbations, or paradoxical effects such as
hostility, aggression, and psychomotor agitation, are increased. The goal of this
prospective, single-center, randomized controlled clinical trial is to systematically
evaluate the impact of implementing a protocol of virtual reality hypnosis in patients
undergoing total knee arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia.