More than 50% of pediatric patients experience significant stress and anxiety prior to surgery.1 High anxiety can result in increased postoperative pain, analgesic consumption, and delayed recovery.2 To reduce this preoperative anxiety, multiple therapeutic modalities have been developed, including the use of distraction, such as playing video game...

By Anthony Koo, MD, Sanjana Khanna, BS, Matthew Pankratz, PhD, Vanessa Pohl, BS, Neil Singhal, MD