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Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/87207, first published .
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Virtual Reality for Pain Management During Repeated Pediatric Laser Procedures: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

Virtual Reality for Pain Management During Repeated Pediatric Laser Procedures: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

Megan Armstrong   1, 2 , MPH ;   Hannah Williams   1, 2 , MPH ;   Esteban Fernandez Faith   3, 4 , MD ;   Ai Ni   5 , PhD ;   Henry Xiang   1, 2, 3 , MPH, MBA, MD, PhD

1 Center for Injury Research and Policy, Abigail Wexner Research Institute, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States

2 Center for Pediatric Trauma Research, Abigail Wexner Research Institute, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States

3 College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States

4 Division of Dermatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States

5 Division of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States

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