TY - JOUR T1 - Virtual reality device to improve the tolerability of lumbar puncture JF - BMJ Neurology Open JO - BMJ Neurol Open DO - 10.1136/bmjno-2022-000276 VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - e000276 AU - Katie Hill AU - Chris Brown AU - Austin Gibbs AU - Andrew Robert John Mitchell Y1 - 2022/03/01 UR - http://neurologyopen.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000276.abstract N2 - Background Virtual reality is increasingly being used as an adjunct or replacement to pharmacological analgesia and sedation during medical procedures.Methods and results We report the successful use of a virtual reality device in a highly anxious patient undergoing lumbar puncture.Conclusion The case demonstrates how virtual reality technology may benefit patients undergoing invasive procedures such as lumbar puncture. Virtual reality may, therefore, offer an alternative or adjunct to sedation and analgesia and may reduce the amount of pharmacological therapy required.Data sharing not applicable as no datasets generated and/or analysed for this study. Not applicable. ER -