Virtual reality for pain relief in gynaecological care

Affiliations

¹ Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain

Josep Estadella-Tarriel. Facts Views Vis Obgyn. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 27;17(2):99-100.

doi: 10.52054/FVVO.2025.178. Epub 2025 Jun 17.

¹ Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain

No abstract available

Keywords: Hysteroscopy; pain; virtual reality.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: No conflict of interest was declared by the author.

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