A hand-held device that delivers transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation provides short-term relief of symptoms and accelerates gastric emptying in patients with idiopathic gastroparesis, according to a small pilot study.
The early results indicate that noninvasive, self-administered vagal nerve stimulation (nVNS) could be a helpful new therapy, said Ronnie Fass, MD, the director of the Esophageal and Swallowing Center at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland.
“Transcutaneous VNS is a