Epilepsy Talk
Move Over VNS…There’s A New Guy in Town!
January 28, 2018
21 Comments
21 Comments
What if I were to say there’s a new nerve stimulation therapy that requires NO SURGERY and reduces seizures among those who are drug resistant by about 40 percent?
SAY HELLO TO TRIGEMINAL NERVE STIMULATION!
The difference between this experimental device and the VNS is that the skin is never penetrated and the TNS is powered by an external device about the size of a large cell phone.
Posted in Epilepsy, News, Research
Tags: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), depression, Lennox Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), new nerve stimulation therapy, no surgery, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), reduces seizures, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (TNS), VNS
Tags: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), depression, Lennox Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), new nerve stimulation therapy, no surgery, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), reduces seizures, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (TNS), VNS
TNS vs. VNS – NO SURGERY!
April 1, 2013
15 Comments
15 Comments
The first Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS) was implanted in 1988, as a therapeutic option for medically intractable epilepsy, when elective epilepsy surgery was not appropriate.
As the number of implanted vagus nerve stimulators grows, so does the need to remove or revise the devices.
Posted in Epilepsy, Medication Issues, News, Research
Tags: alternative, better seizure control, depression reduction, drug-resistant, effective, enhancement, Epilepsy, FDA approval, no side-effects, no surgery, non-invasive, post traumatic stress, success rate, trigeminal nerve stimulation, vagus nerve stimulator
Tags: alternative, better seizure control, depression reduction, drug-resistant, effective, enhancement, Epilepsy, FDA approval, no side-effects, no surgery, non-invasive, post traumatic stress, success rate, trigeminal nerve stimulation, vagus nerve stimulator
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