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- Title
Hypnosis as sole anaesthesia for skin tumour removal in a patient with multiple chemical sensitivity.
- Authors
Facco, E.; Pasquali, S.; Zanette, G.; Casiglia, E.
- Abstract
A female patient with multiple chemical sensitivity and previous anaphylactoid reactions to local anaesthetics was admitted for removal of a thigh skin tumour under hypnosis as sole anaesthesia. The hypnotic protocol included hypnotic focused analgesia and a pre-operative pain threshold test. After inducing hypnosis, a wide excision was performed, preserving the deep fascia, and the tumour was removed; the patient's heart rate and blood pressure did not increase during the procedure. When the patient was de-hypnotised, she reported no pain and was discharged immediately. Our case confirms the efficacy of hypnosis and demonstrates that it may be valuable as a sole anaesthetic method in selected cases. Hypnosis can prevent pain perception and surgical stress as a whole, comparing well with anaesthetic drugs.
- Subjects
ANESTHESIA; SKIN tumors; HYPNOTISM; MULTIPLE chemical sensitivity; FIRST-use syndrome; BLOOD pressure
- Publication
Anaesthesia, 2013, Vol 68, Issue 9, p961
- ISSN
0003-2409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/anae.12251