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TORONTO - A small clinical trial of the so-called "liberation treatment" for multiple sclerosis has found that the intervention did not improve patients' symptoms and in some cases even made their disease worse.
The University of Buffalo study of 30 MS patients concluded that the treatment — which unblocks neck veins to improve blood drainage from the brain — is safe. But researchers say the procedure showed no benefit on numerous measures of symptoms, disease progression and quality of life.
As well, MRI scans showed some patients had increased brain lesions, one of the hallmarks of the progressive neurological disease, after undergoing the vein-opening procedure.
FULL ARTICLE: http://www.canada.com/health/Liberat...582/story.html
The University of Buffalo study of 30 MS patients concluded that the treatment — which unblocks neck veins to improve blood drainage from the brain — is safe. But researchers say the procedure showed no benefit on numerous measures of symptoms, disease progression and quality of life.
As well, MRI scans showed some patients had increased brain lesions, one of the hallmarks of the progressive neurological disease, after undergoing the vein-opening procedure.
FULL ARTICLE: http://www.canada.com/health/Liberat...582/story.html