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What is VNS Therapy®?

VNS Therapy® (also called vagus nerve stimulation) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an add-on therapy for adults and children 4 years and older. It is approved to treat focal or partial seizures[1] that do not respond to seizure medications[2]. This is called drug-resistant epilepsy or refractory epilepsy.

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) may prevent or lessen seizures by sending regular, mild pulses of electrical energy to the brain via the vagus nerve. The therapy consists of a device that is implanted under the skin in the left chest area. An electrode or wire is attached to the generator device and placed under the skin. The wire is attached or wound around the vagus nerve in the neck. The device is programmed in the outpatient clinic to deliver pulses or stimulation at regular intervals. A person does not need to do anyt...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Seizures | 合法醫療器材資訊網

What is Vagus Nerve Stimulation? | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2015年2月24日 — Epilepsy News From: ... VNS Therapy, or vagus nerve stimulation, is a way of controlling seizures in people who do not respond to medications and ... Read More

Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由 SE Krahl 著作 · 2012 · 被引用 74 次 — Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a unique epilepsy treatment in that a peripheral intervention is used to treat a disease that is entirely ... Read More

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) and epilepsy | 合法醫療器材資訊網

VNS therapy involves a small electrical device, like a pacemaker, which is implanted under the skin of your chest. The device sends electrical impulses to your ... Read More

Vagus nerve stimulation | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2020年11月17日 — Implanted vagus nerve stimulation isn't a cure for epilepsy. Most people with epilepsy won't stop having seizures or taking epilepsy medication ... Read More

Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由 CD Binnie 著作 · 2000 · 被引用 123 次 — Vagus nerve stimulation is an empirically based method for treatment of epilepsy by repeated stimulation of the left vagus nerve through implanted ... Read More

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由 E Ben-Menachem 著作 · 2002 · 被引用 483 次 — Vagus-nerve stimulation (VNS) is now an accepted treatment for patients with refractory epilepsy. There have been many studies suggesting that VNS affects ... Read More

Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由 DJ Englot 著作 · 2011 · 被引用 361 次 — However, disagreement regarding the utility of VNS in epilepsy continues because of the variability in benefit reported across clinical studies. Read More

Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2020年2月23日 — Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) ... Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') ... Read More

Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Vagus nerve stimulation is treatment sometimes used for people who have medication resistant epilepsy – when seizures aren't fully controlled with ... Read More

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