A team of scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles, has helped two patients in a coma by jumping their brains through the help of ultrasound technology.
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Two out of three coma patients were able to progress positively from treatment.
Jumping flags of coma patients
According to the UCLA Newsroom, the team of researchers was led by neuroscientist Martin Monti and was the only team to help a 25-year-old man in 2016 who was recovering from a coma with the help of the same device they were using now.
The first test was successful and the young man showed some signs of progress.
However, Monti and the team certainly believed that they may have just got lucky, but with the results of their latest experiment, it seems that the ultrasound method they are using really helps. coma patients to jump the brain.
In a report by Slashgear, the team further worked with three other patients, all of whom experts say is such a long – term conscious state.
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More important than the 2016 results
The results of the recent trial, according to Monti, are much more important because the breast patients they treated were unlikely to recover spontaneously compared to the patient they treated in 2016.
“I think this new result is much more important because these kidney patients were significantly more likely to recover on their own than the hungry patient we treated in 2016 – and usually next Any revival happens slowly over several months and usually years, not over days and weeks, as we show, “Monti said.
Of the three patients they worked with, two have shown positive improvement.
The only one who could not benefit from the team’s ultrasound device was the 58-year-old man who was considered a minor patient after being involved in a car accident five and a half years ago.
The first to benefit from the ultrasound device is the 56-year-old man who became a little conscious after suffering a stroke, leaving him unable to communicate for more than 14 months.
However, through the ultrasound method by Monti and his team, the patient was able to respond to two specific commands immediately after two treatments.
In addition, he was able to look at individual photos of his relatives when their names are mentioned as well as immediately grab and drop a ball, and to a large extent, he was able to shaking his head when asked questions or not.
Showing positive signs
The team continued to use the treatment on the patient and shortly thereafter, he was able to use pen and paper for the first time since he was attacked with a stroke, moreover he was unable to last but a bottle of his mouth and communication by answering questions.
According to Monti, these were signs of a coma.
The other patient who received the same treatment and also showed positive signs was a 50-year-old woman who suffered a heart attack two and a half years ago and has been in such a low-sensitivity state ever since.
A few days after her first treatment, her family reported that the woman was able to recognize some objects, such as a pencil and a comb, and was able to understand speech.
The results of the experiment are published in the scientific journal Brain Stimulation.
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