Key result
Minimally-invasive vagus nerve stimulation improves pain and performance in a single patient with fibromyalgia.
Why the study?
Vagus nerve stimulation has shown usefulness for pain management, but minimally-invasive, long-lasting analgesic approaches for fibromyalgia are not established.
Does a novel minimally-invasive approach to vagus nerve stimulation improve pain and performance in a patient with fibromyalgia?
Case Report (n=1)
Does a novel minimally-invasive approach to vagus nerve stimulation improve pain and performance in a patient with fibromyalgia?
A novel, minimally-invasive approach to vagus nerve stimulation provided significant pain relief and improved performance in a patient with fibromyalgia over a 3-month follow-up.
Hypothesis-generating in one fibromyalgia case; controlled trials needed before any clinical role.
This manuscript aims to report the successful treatment of a patient with fibromyalgia using a novel approach to vagus nerve (VN) stimulation. The patient reported significant pain relief and improved performance after almost 3 months of follow-up. VN stimulation has been Food and Drug Administration approved for epilepsy and depression, but recent studies have shown its usefulness for pain management. Our novel approach is minimally-invasive compared to surgical techniques; it provides long-lasting analgesia within a single session and is cheaper than current methods. This technique should be evaluated in clinical trials to clarify the optimal parameters and treatment intervals.
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Aragón‐Benedí et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Fibromyalgia (n=1). Vagus nerve stimulation was evaluated on Pain relief and improved performance. A novel, minimally-invasive approach to vagus nerve stimulation provided significant pain relief and improved performance in 1 patient with fibromyalgia after almost 3 months of follow-up.
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