The prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) increases with age In addition to medical treatment, endovascular procedures can be performed, depending on the stage of the disease, to prevent complications and/or sequelae (relapse, functional loss of the affected limb, amputation, death), but also to relieve pain. This is a minimally invasive procedure most often performed under local anesthesia (LA), sometimes with the administration of sedatives (morphine and analgesics) to relieve pain and reduce anxiety related to the procedure. Non-pharmacological methods such as virtual reality (VR) are increasingly being used as an alternative to general anesthesia and excessive opioid use. The hypothesis is that VR could reduce pain during lower limb revascularization by endovascular surgery.
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The maximum intensity of pain experienced by the patient during the procedure will be measured at the end of the procedure using the numerical pain scale (EN) ranging from 0 for "no pain" to 10 for "worst pain imaginable."
Timeframe: At the end of the revascularization procedure of the lower limbs by endovascular surgery