Hypnosis can help to cut down the use of general
anaesthesia in surgery, a hypnotherapy conference will hear.
On Sunday, Dr Robert Diaz an oral and facial surgeon at
Manchester Royal Infirmary will tell the British Society of
Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis that hypnotherapy can give
patients a more pleasant experience in surgery and could cut NHS
spending.
He has conducted research on
patients having their wisdom teeth extracted.
Twenty patients were given
sedation with valium and another 20 were given sedation plus
hypnosis.
Recovery time after surgery
was almost halved for those given hypno-sedation - down from 50
to 32 minutes - and the patients were more relaxed during
surgery, said Dr Diaz.
Their heart rate was
dramatically lower, suggesting they were less stressed.
