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Viewpoints and Perspectives (619) Extended Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds (851) Games for Pain Management (57) Pain in Children and Adolescents (62)

Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/68348, first published .
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Virtual Reality for Pediatric Postoperative Pain Management: Exploring Methods and Efficacy

Virtual Reality for Pediatric Postoperative Pain Management: Exploring Methods and Efficacy

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Sidhant Kalsotra1 Author Orcid Image ;   Dillon Froass2 Author Orcid Image ;   Aneesha Gupta3 Author Orcid Image ;   Sebastian Amaya1 Author Orcid Image ;   Joseph D Tobias1 Author Orcid Image ;   Vanessa A Olbrecht4 Author Orcid Image
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