Virtual Reality for Patient Informed Consent in Neurosurgery
ConditionVR-based Informed Consent
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-75
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate benefits of VR (virtual reality)-based patient informed consent in neurosurgery regarding subjective patient comprehension, patient-doctor relationship and anxiety.
Patients between the age of 18 and 75
Surgical clipping for intracranial aneurysm, resection of vascular malformations
Craniotomy and Resection of intracranial tumors that can be segmented for VR
Visual or auditory impairment with no sufficient aid
Patient that had VR informed consent for surgery before
Psychiatric illness, cognitive impairment