Hypnosis and Axillary Compartment Block for Breast Cancer Surgery: A Case Report
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Deep Neuromuscular Blockade Leads to a Larger Intraabdominal Volume During Laparoscopy
Published on: June 25, 2013
Régis Fuzier1, Sylviane Achelous, Geneviève Salvignol
1From the Departments of *Anesthesiology; and †Surgery, Institut Claudius Regaud, IUCT-O, F-31059 Toulouse, France.
Abstract:
Hypnosis has been proven to be a powerful tool in the management of anxiety and pain. It allows for an increase of pain threshold, which can reach the level of surgical analgesia. Recently injection of local anesthetics around the serratus muscle has been presented as an alternative to paravertebral block for cancer breast surgery. We report the successful use of hypnosis in combination with an axillary compartment block for lumpectomy and axillary lymph node dissection.
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