Pre- and perioperative suggestion in maxillofacial surgery: Effects on blood loss and recovery
- 1 July 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
- Vol. 43 (3), 284-294
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207149508409971
Abstract
The basic assumption underlying the present study was that emotional factors may influence not only recovery but also blood loss and blood pressure in maxillofacial surgery patients, where the surgery was performed under general anesthesia. Eighteen patients were administered a hypnosis tape containing preoperative therapeutic suggestions, 18 patients were administered hypnosis tapes containing pre-and perioperative suggestions, and 24 patients were administered a hypnosis tape containing perioperative suggestions only The patients who received taped suggestions were compared to a group of matched control patients. The patients who received preoperative suggestions exhibited a 30% reduction in blood loss. A 26% reduction in blood loss was shown in the group of patients receiving pre- and perioperative suggestions, and the group of patients receiving perioperative suggestions only showed a 9% reduction in blood loss. Lower blood pressure was found in the groups that received pre- and perioperative and perioperative suggestions only. Rehabilitation was facilitated in the group of patients receiving perioperative suggestions onlyKeywords
This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
- Surgery as a psychological stressor: Paradoxical effects of preoperative emotional state on endocrine responsesStress Medicine, 1992
- Anxiety and endocrine responses to surgery: paradoxical effects of preoperative relaxation training.Psychosomatic Medicine, 1992
- Learning and Consciousness during General AnesthesiaAnesthesiology, 1992
- Suggestion, Relaxation, and Hypnosis as Adjuncts in the Care of Surgery Patients: A Review of the LiteratureAmerican Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 1991
- Presurgical anxiety and postsurgical pain and adjustment: Effects of a stress inoculation procedure.Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1986
- Hypnosis, Suggestions, and Psychosomatic Phenomena: A New Look from the Standpoint of Recent Experimental StudiesAmerican Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 1978
- Reduction of Postoperative Pain by Encouragement and Instruction of PatientsThe New England Journal of Medicine, 1964