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[Perioperative use of medical hypnosis. Therapy options for anaesthetists and surgeons]
D Hermes1, D Trübger, S G Hakim
1Klinik für Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein/Campus Lübeck, Luebeck. hermesddd@aol.com
Background:
Surgical treatment of patients under local anaesthesia is quite commonly restricted by limited compliance from the patient. An alternative to treatment under pharmacological sedation or general anaesthesia could be the application of medical hypnosis. With this method, both suggestive and autosuggestive procedures are used for anxiolysis, relaxation, sedation and analgesia of the patient.
Patients And Methods:
During a 1-year period of first clinical application, a total of 207 surgical procedures on a non-selected collective of 174 patients were carried out under combined local anaesthesia and medical hypnosis.
Results:
Medical hypnosis proved to be a standardisable and reliable method by which remarkable improvements in treatment conditions for both patient and surgeons were achievable.
Conclusion:
Medical hypnosis is not considered to be a substitute for conscious sedation or general anaesthesia but a therapeutic option equally interesting for anaesthesists and surgeons.
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