Showing posts with label brain surgery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brain surgery. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Brain Surgery While 'Awake' with Hypnosis

Could hypnosis help to reduce the psychological trauma associated with "awake craniotomy" for brain cancers?

A new "hypnosedation" technique offers a new alternative for patients undergoing awake surgery for gliomas, suggests a study in the January issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, published by Wolters Kluwer.