"The virtual reality mask is an innovative technique, alternative to pharmacological medicine that would allow, in addition to its action on pain, to reduce anxiety and thus increase patient satisfaction by improving their experience of a risky situation. The therapeutic effects of the virtual reality mask are based on a distractive effect with attentive capture, an emotional effect due to ludic aspect and positive suggestion, and a behavioral effect. In utero fetoscopy is a potentially painful procedure, particularly at the beginning of the procedure due to the introduction of a fetoscopy trocar in the amniotic cavity through the patient's uterus. It also generates anxiety in mothers because of the risks associated with the pathology and the procedure. This research focuses on the use of a virtual reality mask in the reduction of pain and anxiety during in utero surgical procedures. The study is presented and proposed to the patient during the expert ultrasound examination by the obstetrician-gynecologist. Then the modalities are detailed by the anesthetist during the anesthesia consultation before the surgery. The patient is included in the study after the consent is signed. During the anesthesia consultation, the patient is informed of the possibility of analgesia through a virtual reality mask, associated with local anesthesia. It is explained that in case of pain despite the virtual reality mask and local anesthesia, remifentanil administration remains possible. During the anesthesia consultation, the patient's initial state of anxiety is assessed by the score Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale. The procedure takes place in the theatre room. Upon arrival in the theatre room (preoperative), an evaluation of the anxiety level is performed using a visual analog scale. The virtual reality mask is applied by the anesthesia team before skin disinfection and the placement of sterile drapes. During the procedure, a local anesthesia (non-adrenaline Xylocaine 1%) is performed as usual in order to insert the trocar in the amniotic cavity (diameter 3.5mm) which will be used to introduce the intra-amniotic fetoscope. If during the procedure, the patient feels pain, agitation, pain-related discomfort, morphine analgesia (Intravenous Remifentanil which means Intravenous Anesthesia with Objective Concentration) may be administered by the anesthesia team. Immediately after the procedure, the virtual reality mask will be removed.
Age range
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
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the orimary outcome is the success of the virtual reality mask for analgesia defined by the absence of pain expressed by the woman (no administration of morphine (remifentanil)).
Timeframe: 2 days after the end of intervention