منابع مشابه
The Liberation Procedure Decision-Making Experience for People With Multiple Sclerosis
Despite the absence of scientific evidence demonstrating the efficacy of the "liberation procedure" in treating multiple sclerosis (MS), thousands of MS patients worldwide have undergone the procedure. The study objective was to explore the experience of liberation procedure decision making for individuals with MS. Fifteen adults in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, each participated in an in-...
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BACKGROUND The debate within the multiple sclerosis (MS) community initiated by the chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) hypothesis and the subsequent liberation procedure placed some people with MS at odds with health care professionals and researchers. OBJECTIVE This study explored decision making regarding the controversial liberation procedure among people with MS. SUBJECT...
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Last August, 51-year-old multiple sclerosis (MS) patient Holly Shean was flying home to Arizona after undergoing an experimental surgical endovascular procedure at Stanford School of Medicine, during which two self-regulating stents were inserted to open a ste-nosis in her right jugular vein. Her surgeon believed the stents could restore normal blood flow from the brain and alleviate some of he...
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease that typically affects young adults. A recent publication suggested that MS might originate from insufficient blood drainage in certain areas of the central nervous system. The condition was named chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI). Other papers have not confirmed these findings and, therefore, the matter remains controve...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.110-2102