Vagus Nerve Stimulation
This second edition presents a timely and practical discussion of vagal nerve stimulation in a clear and well-illustrated format. It provides a clinical approach to the treatment of patients with medically-intractable seizures, as well as for those with depression (a new indication since the publication of first edition). The book's focus has made it successful, as it zeros in on clinically relevant findings. The new edition includes downloadable resources with actual footage of the implantation procedure and the latest research findings of the treatment potential for depression and obesity. Vagus Nerve Stimulation gives the attending neurologist step-by-step information on this exciting method of treating epilepsy.
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation
This second edition presents a timely and practical discussion of vagal nerve stimulation in a clear and well-illustrated format. It provides a clinical approach to the treatment of patients with medically-intractable seizures, as well as for those with depression (a new indication since the publication of first edition). The book's focus has made it successful, as it zeros in on clinically relevant findings. The new edition includes downloadable resources with actual footage of the implantation procedure and the latest research findings of the treatment potential for depression and obesity. Vagus Nerve Stimulation gives the attending neurologist step-by-step information on this exciting method of treating epilepsy.
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This second edition presents a timely and practical discussion of vagal nerve stimulation in a clear and well-illustrated format. It provides a clinical approach to the treatment of patients with medically-intractable seizures, as well as for those with depression (a new indication since the publication of first edition). The book's focus has made it successful, as it zeros in on clinically relevant findings. The new edition includes downloadable resources with actual footage of the implantation procedure and the latest research findings of the treatment potential for depression and obesity. Vagus Nerve Stimulation gives the attending neurologist step-by-step information on this exciting method of treating epilepsy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781135412807
Publisher: CRC Press
Publication date: 12/19/2002
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 184
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Steven C Schachter MD (Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Director of Research Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA, USA), Dieter Schmidt MD (Emeritus Professor of Neurology, Epilepsy Research Group, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany)

Table of Contents

Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy: anatomical, experimental and mechanistic investigations • Surgical technique in vagus nerve stimulation • Vagus nerve stimulation: efficacy, safety and tolerability in patients with epilepsy • Potential mechanisms of action of vagus nerve stimulation for depression • Vagus nerve stimulation: clinical results in depression • Vagus nerve stimulation in the treatment of morbid obesity • Vagus nerve stimulation in the current treatment of epilepsy • Practical considerations: vagus nerve stimulation therapy questions that may be encountered from patients, their caregivers and physician colleagues
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