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Virtual surgery before the real thing
Virtual-reality videos help doctors explain what to expect during and after surgery, thus reducing fear and anxiety in patients
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Nurse Chong Pei San with a patient who is watching a virtual-reality video on breast wide excision and sentinel lymph node biopsy through a headset.
PHOTO: FEM SURGERY
When she underwent tonsillitis surgery as a child and her first caesarean section in 1993, Madam Monica Ramirez had the jitters.
Both times, she did not fully know what to expect during the operation, she said. She was stressed and did not take note of everything as the doctor was explaining the procedures to her.
