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Hypnosis for Monitoring Intraoperative Spinal Cord Function

ALVIN H. CRAWFORD, MD^*, CLYDE W. JONES, MD, JERRY A. PERISHO, MD, and JOHN A. HERRING, MD

*Head, Pediatric Orthopedic Division, Department of Orthopedics, San Diego, California 92134. Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology, Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego, California 92134. Former Staff Anesthesiologist, Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego, California 92134. taff Orthopedist, Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego, California 92134.

Abstract

In such procedures as the Harrington operation for idiopathic scoliosis, evaluation of spinal cord function is advisable immediately after the back is straightened. The authors have used hypnosis for this procedure, as an adjunct to anesthetic management. Patients are awakened on the table, given lower extremity tests, and are then reanesthetized. The incidence of postoperative pain and other discomfort is also reduced by hypnosis.