Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute
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Bull Hosp Jt Dis Orthop Inst · Jan 1985
Case ReportsThe use of hypnosis in the management of preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain in a patient undergoing laminectomy.
Patients undergoing laminectomy face a variety of concerns both pre- and postoperatively which may affect their emotional state and increase surgical risk. A case study of a laminectomy patient who was taught hypnosis for the control of preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain is presented. The benefits of such hypnotic intervention, as well as the long-term effects of hypnotic intervention on a patient who is in a crisis period are discussed.