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Oct 2026
Virtual Reality for Pain, Anxiety, and Patient Experience in Awake Urological Procedures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials
Awake urological procedures, including cystoscopy, transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy (TRUS-Bx), extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, vasectomy, and urodynamic studies, are consistently associated with procedural pain and anxiety, with downstream consequences for surveillance compliance and patient experie...
A. Alseneid, Ali Alseneid, Shivam Bhindi et al.
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