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Hypnosis for Eye Surgery

NCT00176098 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2006-02-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Perioperative stress for cataract surgery in the elderly is considerable even in the absence of pain. For these patients with a high comorbidity level, the perioperative situation comprising factors such as uncomfortable positioning, dull ambience, face cover, poor sedation, and anxiety might not only reduce intraoperative compliance but induce cardiac ischemia and hypertensive crises. Hypnosis is supposed to increase patient comfort, to shield the patient from organic stress and to improve intraoperative compliance without side effects even in old and very ill patients. In a controlled study, we, the investigators at the University of Heidelberg, compared phakoemulsification under topical anesthesia as usual (and placebo hypnosis) with either additional hypnosis or hypnoanalgesia without topical anesthesia.

Conditions

  • Cataract

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Hypnoanalgesia; Hypnotic shielding

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Heidelberg University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas Frietsch, MD, PhD · Dept. of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
95 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-09-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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