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Filter by:The goal of this clinical trial is to test virtual reality in adolescents undergoing minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum surgery. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Can virtual reality decrease anxiety in adolescents on the day of the surgery? - Can virtual reality be used as a pain modulator in adolescents in postoperative care? Participants will be asked to wear a VR headset for a minimum of 1 hour before and after the surgery. Patients will be asked to fill out three anxiety tests: on admission, in the operating room and on the surgical ward on the day after surgery. Researchers will compare VR group to control group to see if anxiety and pain was different among those who recieved the VR headset.
Pectus deformities are among the most common anterior chest wall pathologies. Pectus excavatum is the most common chest deformity with an incidence of 0.1-0.3%. In severe deformities, a decrease in lung volume is observed. This can cause decreased pulmonary function and affect the function of the right ventricle. The diaphragm is the main respiratory muscle, and diaphragm contraction is associated with respiratory functions. So, investigators aimed to measure diaphragmatic thickness in adolescents with pectus deformity and to show whether diaphragmatic thickness is an early predictor of respiratory disorder in participants who do not show any clinical symptoms or whose respiratory functions are normal.
Chest wall deformities are the development of ribs, cartilage and sternum that form the chest wall together with isolated or abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system. Pectus excavatum and carinatum deformities are most common. It is reported that individuals with this problem have posture and physical impairments, difficulty in psychosocial relations and decreased quality of life.Therefore, in this study, the investigators aimed to evaluated the physical and psychosocial characteristics of patients with pectus excavatum and carinatum compared with healthy controls.