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New - Children With Vagus Nerve Stimulators (VNS): Issues At Summer Camp
Created by ETPat12/15/2006 - 9:45am|389 Views
With summer time approaching and children with epilepsy gearing up for summer camp, epilepsy.com wanted to get the inside scoop from the experts who treat and care for these children...
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josht
New - Help Center
Created by joshtat10/31/2007 - 10:11am|2856 Views
Welcome to the epilepsy.com Help Center! This Help Center is here to walk you through the basics of epilepsy.com. Whether you are a first-time visitor or a returning member, you may have questions as you tour through the site....
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ETP
New - History of VNS
Created by ETPat12/29/2006 - 7:34am|455 Views
A theory about a relationship between the vagus nerve and epilepsy actually dates back to the 1930s. At that time, scientists had discovered the EEG, and, in the process of electrically stimulating different parts of the body, they...
ETP
ETP
New - How Well Does VNS Work?
Created by ETPat11/16/2005 - 2:13pm|770 Views
Two important studies of VNS (Ben-Menachem 1994, Handforth 1998) both found a significant reduction in seizure frequency. These were double-blind studies conducted at several medical centers. Each of the patients studied had a VNS...
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January 2012 Spotlight Newsletter
Created by adminat01/13/2012 - 12:46pm|21 Views
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ETP
New - Other Possibilities
Created by ETPat01/08/2007 - 5:53pm|1836 Views
Doctors know that if the first few medicines fail to stop a person's seizures, the chances are not so good that a different medicine will be completely successful. Then it may be time to consider some other type of treatment. ...
ETP
ETP
New - Seizures, brain surgery, VNS; What's next?
Created by ETPat11/03/2007 - 4:01pm|313 Views
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ETP
New - Surgical Options
Created by ETPat08/07/2009 - 11:51am|28 Views
The two surgical options used most commonly for patients with LGS are corpus callosotomy or vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy. Rarely, patients with LGS may be a candidate for focal removal of the brain tissue initiating the seizures. ...
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ETP
New - Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Created by ETPat04/20/2009 - 12:35pm|55 Views
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ETP
New - Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Created by ETPat02/09/2007 - 9:43am|9793 Views
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is designed to prevent seizures by sending regular, mild pulses of electrical energy to the brain via the vagus nerve. These pulses are supplied by a device something like a pacemaker....
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