Can Medical Hypnosis Accelerate Post-Surgical Wound Healing? Results of a Clinical Trial

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 333-351

  Ginandes, Carol ^a   Brooks, Patricia ^b   Sando, William ^c   Jones, Christopher ^c   Aker, John ^d  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNION INSTITUTE AND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated healing; Behavioral medicine; Hypnosis; Mammaplasty; Mind body; Relaxation techniques; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BREAST REDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SUGGESTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037389864     PISSN: 00029157     EISSN: 21600562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2003.10403546     Document Type: Article

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