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Hypnosis has been used in anesthesiology to achieve pre-operative sedation. It has occasionally been used as the sole means of achieving anesthesia, or it has been combined with chemical anesthesia. It has been shown to facilitate post-operative recovery. Hypnosis can abolish sensitivity and reduce or eliminate the anxiety frequently linked to the experience of pain. This effect has been compared to the one obtained by prefrontal leucotomy. The dissociation of pain experience from suffering can also be of help in chronic pain conditions.
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Lassner, J. (1964). Hypnosis and the doctor-patient relationship in anesthesiology. In: Lassner, J. (eds) Hypnosis in Anesthesiology. Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin / Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46003-6_3
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