Hypnosis/local anesthesia combination during surgery helps patients, reduces hospital stays
Saturday, June 11, 2011 - 18:00
in Health & Medicine
Using a combination of hypnosis and local anaesthesia (LA) for certain types of surgery can aid the healing process and reduce drug use and time spent in hospital, anaesthesiologists have found. The combination could also help avoid cancer recurrence and metastases, according to new research to be presented today (Sunday) at the European Anaesthesiology Congress in Amsterdam.