Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of music therapy on the anxiety level and physiological response of patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery.

Methods: Relevant randomized controlled trials that compared the combined effect of music therapy for patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery were included. Four English databases and three Chinese databases were searched from inception to Jan. 2022. Two reviewers independently performed data extraction and risk of bias assessments. The Cochrane Collaboration tool was used to assess the risk of bias. Meta-analysis was performed using Review Manager 5.3. The outcomes were overall anxiety, blood pressure, heart rate and pain.

Results: Atotal of 11 trials with 1,469 participants were included in the meta-analysis. Compared to standard care, music therapy had a good effect on reducing the anxiety levels of patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery (p<0.05). The results also suggested that music therapy  produced a signifcant improvement in blood pressure (p<0.05) and heart rate (p<0.05). The visual analogue scale (VAS) showed that music therapy signifcantly reduced pain compared to standard care (p<0.05).

Conclusions: This meta-analysis provided evidence that music therapy has an obvious efect on relieving anxiety levels, while it is also more effective in alleviating pain and improving physiological responses than standard care alone. Our fndings may provide accurate evidence-based guidance for the clinical implementation of music therapy. In the future, more high-quality studies are required for verifying these results. 

Background: The purpose of this study is to summarize the application of day surgery combined with fast track program in strabismus operation under general anesthesia.

Methods: The clinical data of 2,000 cases of strabismus patients who had underwent surgery in day surgery or traditional hospitalization in the duration from 2015 to 2016 was retrospectively analyzed. The safety and efficacy were assessed by comparing the average length of stay in hospitals, anesthesia recovery time, patient satisfaction and number of adverse events.

Results: Compared with the traditional group, the average length of stay in hospital and recovery time in day surgery group were significantly lower (P<0.001) and the satisfaction of patient was improved (P<0.05), which were statistically significant difference. Moreover, no adverse events occurred among these patients.

Conclusions: The application of day surgery in strabismus operation under general anesthesia is feasible, which can reduce the recovery time and shorten the hospital stay of patients safely and effectively, and their satisfaction was improved at the same time.