Hypnosedation: A valuable alternative to traditional anaesthetic techniques

Citation
Me. Faymonville et al., Hypnosedation: A valuable alternative to traditional anaesthetic techniques, ACT CHIR B, 99(4), 1999, pp. 141-146
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
ACTA CHIRURGICA BELGICA
ISSN journal
00015458 → ACNP
Volume
99
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
141 - 146
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5458(199907/08)99:4<141:HAVATT>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Hypnosis has become routine practice in our plastic and endocrine surgery s ervices. Revivication of pleasant life experiences has served as the hypnot ic substratum in a series of over 1650 patients since 1992. In retrospectiv e studies, followed by randomised prospective studies, we have confirmed th e usefullness of hypnosedation (hypnosis in combination with conscious IV s edation) and local anaesthesia as a valuable alternative to traditional ana esthetic techniques. The credibility of hypnotic techniques and their acceptance by the scientif ic community will depend on independently-confumed and reproductible criter ia of assessing the hypnotic state. Based on the clinical success of this t echnique, we were interested in confirming this phenomenon in healthy volun teers. The revivication of pleasant life experiences thus served as the cor nerstone of a basic research program developed to objectify the neurophysio logical attributes of the hypnotic state. We compared hypnosis to normal al ertness with similar thought content. In our experience, the activation pro file obtained during the hypnotic state was completely different from simpl e re-memoration of the same subject matter during normal alertness. This re presents an objective and independent criteria by which to assess the hypno tic state.