Anesthesiology Research and Practice
Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 2942416, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2942416
Review Article
Hypnosis in the Perioperative Management of Breast Cancer Surgery: Clinical Benefits and Potential Implications
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Service d’Anesthésiologie, 10 Avenue Hippocrate, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
Received 5 April 2016; Revised 27 July 2016; Accepted 28 July 2016
Academic Editor: Michael Frass
Copyright © 2016 Arnaud Potié et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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