Hypnosis Reduces Pain and Speeds up Recovery from Surgery
Since 1992 , we have used hypnosis routinely in more than 1400 patients undergoing surgery . We found that hypnosis used with patients as an adjunct to conscious sedation and local anesthesia was associated with improved intraoperative patient comfort , and with reduced anxiety , pain , intraoperative requirements for anxiolytic and analgesic drugs , optimal surgical conditions and a faster recovery of the patient . We reported our clinical experience and our fundamental research .
[ Hypnosis and its application in surgery ] Faymonville ME , Defechereux T , Joris J , Adant JP , Hamoir E , Meurisse M , Service d ’ Anesthesie- Reanimation , Universite de Liege , Rev Med Liege . 1998 Jul ; 53 ( 7 ): 414-8 .
Hypnosis Reduces Pain Intensity
Analysis of the simple-simple main effects , holding both group and condition constant , revealed that application of hypnotic analgesia reduced report of pain intensity significantly more than report of pain unpleasantness .
Dahlgren LA , Kurtz RM , Strube MJ , Malone MD , Differential effects of hypnotic suggestion on multiple dimensions of pain . Journal of Pain & Symptom Management . 1995 ; 10 ( 6 ): 464-70 .
Hypnosis Reduces Pain of Headaches and Anxiety
The improvement was confirmed by the subjective evaluation data gathered with the use of a questionnaire and by a significant reduction in anxiety scores .
Melis PM , Rooimans W , Spierings EL , Hoogduin CA , Treatment of chronic tension-type headache with hypnotherapy : a single-blind time controlled study . Headache 1991 ; 31 ( 10 ): 686-9 .
Hypnosis Lowered Post-treatment Pain in Burn Injuries
Patients in the hypnosis group reported less post treatment pain than did patients in the control group . The findings are used to replicate earlier studies of burn pain hypnoanalgesia , explain discrepancies in the literature , and highlight the potential importance of motivation with this population .
Patterson DR , Ptacek JT , Baseline pain as a moderator of hypnotic analgesia for burn injury treatment . Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology 1997 ; 65 ( 1 ): 60-7 .
Hypnosis Lowered Phantom Limb Pain
Hypnotic procedures appear to be a useful adjunct to established strategies for the treatment of phantom limb pain and would repay