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Volume 4

Journal of Pediatric Care

ISSN: 2471-805X

Page 59

JOINT EVENT

August 06-07, 2018 Madrid, Spain

Edition of International Conference on

Adolescent Health & Medicine

International Conference on

Pediatrics Health

Pediatrics Health 2018

Adolescent Health 2018

August 06-07, 2018

Virtual Reality (VR) technology in the absence of general anaesthesia during radiotherapy procedure

for paediatric oncology patients

Faisal Ashour

National Guard Health Affairs, Saudi Arabia

R is a three-dimensional (3D) computer-generated environment that enables the user to explore and interact within a

different environmental perspective. It could be in the form of a realistic-artificial environment or a 3D imaging that is

presented to the user as a real atmosphere with made-up information. The VR has-been considered as a non-pharmacologic

form of analgesia through exerting attention processes on the body’s intricate pain system. It does so through profoundly

immersing the body and mind by delivering enough sensory information to the extent where it suspense any disbelief that one

is in a virtual environment. The aim of the study is to eliminate the General Anaesthesia (GA) procedure used on paediatric

oncology patients undergoing multiple fractions of Radiotherapy. We aimed to utilise the VR technology as a replacement

for the GA. Typically, the radiotherapy session under GA takes around 30 minutes from the machine time and that session

can be repeated daily for several weeks. As a result, VR Technology was an excellent alternative in most of the patients treated

with radiotherapy for non-Head/Brain Tumours. There were significant reductions on the number of the GA sessions. That

reductions have a great impact on reducing side effect of GA and save more time on the Radiotherapy machine that can be

used to treat more patients.

J Pediatr Care 2018, Volume 4

DOI: 10.21767/2471-805X-C3-012