Hypnosis For Surgery

Hypnosis For Surgery is possible one of the most under ultilized alternative medicine therapy. Hypnosis has the potential and the ability to shorten the surgical procedure and also greatly reduce and eliminate and pain after the surgery and to shorten the recovery time of a patient.

According to ThirdAge a site for Boomer Women

Hypnosis has been offered for certain types of surgery at the Belgian hospital, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc in Brussels, since 2003.Hypnosis has been offered for certain types of surgery at the Belgian hospital, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc in Brussels, since 2003.

Hundreds of patients have chosen it over general anesthesia.According to the AP, more than 8,000 surgeries have been performed at another Belgian hospital with hypnosis. The technique has become popular in France and Belgium in recent years and some plastic and facial surgeons in Germany also use hypnosis, as well as some British dental surgeons.

During surgery, patients are sedated but aware and doctors say recovery time is faster and the need for painkillers is reduced.The AP reports that doctors say nearly any surgery usually done with a local anesthetic could work with hypnosis and less pain medicine.

There are plenty of believers in hypnosis who say it dulls a patients’ sense of pain and cuts down on the need for anesthetic.In the end, it leads to faster recoveries and monetary savings on the part of hospitals.

However, hypnosis may require doctors to spend more time with patients beforehand to do the hypnosis and they may need more careful monitoring during surgery.

With its growing popularity, the French Society of Anesthesiologists created a special hypnosis branch in their organization last year.