Hypnosis in anesthesiology and neurosurgery

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The review presents data on the use of hypnotic techniques in anesthesiology and neurosurgery. The authors describe the historical data, methodology of hypnotic communication, modern use of hypnosis, and methods of hypnotic communication in clinical practice. Hypnotherapy techniques have shown excellent results in pain management and can be effective in reducing preoperative anxiety and intraoperative surgical stress.

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Alla V. Solenkova

National Medical Research Center of Neurosurgery named N. N. Burdenko

Email: asolenkova@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7081-2950
SPIN-code: 3274-6730

MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.)

Russian Federation, 16, ul. 4-ya Tverskaya-Yamskaya, Moscow, 125047

Andrey Yu. Lubnin

National Medical Research Center of Neurosurgery named N. N. Burdenko

Author for correspondence.
Email: lubnin@nsi.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2595-5877

MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), professor

Russian Federation, 16, ul. 4-ya Tverskaya-Yamskaya, Moscow, 125047

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