For the second time in the country, Iranian
doctors have used hypnosis as the sole anesthetic to deliver a baby via cesarean
section. Dr. Roya Khodaei Ob/Gyn, performed the C-section at Paiambaran hospital
in Tehran. Dr. Hossein Almasian was the clinical hypnotherapist who used
hypnosis on the mother Sara Tavassoli.
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Cesarean section, also
known as C-section, is a surgical procedure in which incisions are made through
a mother's abdomen (laparotomy) and uterus (hysterotomy) to deliver one or more
babies. It is usually performed when a vaginal delivery would put the baby's or
mother's life or health at risk, although in recent times it has been also
performed upon request for childbirths that would otherwise have been natural.
Video: First cesarean with hypno-anesthesia in
Iran
