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Vegetative State and Minimally Conscious State: A Review of the Therapeutic Interventions
Author(s) -
Miltiadis Georgiopoulos,
Paraskevi Katsakiori,
Zinovia Kefalopoulou,
John Ellul,
Elisabeth Chroni,
Constantine Constantoyannis
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.798
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1423-0372
pISSN - 1011-6125
DOI - 10.1159/000314354
Subject(s) - minimally conscious state , medicine , cochrane library , medline , neuromodulation , psychological intervention , stimulation , anesthesia , psychology , consciousness , neuroscience , psychiatry , surgery , randomized controlled trial , political science , law
The purpose of the present article is a systematic review of the proposed medical or surgical treatments in patients in chronic vegetative state (VS) or minimally conscious state (MCS), as well as of their mechanisms of action and limitations.

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