Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Mechanism of Action of Peripherical Electrical Stimulation (TENS and PENS)
(Pablo Priego, Department of General Surgery, Division of Esophagogastric and Bariatric Surgery, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain)
Chapter 2. A Percutaneous Electrical Neurostimulation of the Posterior Tibial Nerve for Fecal Incontinence
(Maria del Mar Aguilar-Martínez, MD, Luis Sánchez-Guillén, MD, and Antonio Arroyo, MD, PhD, Colorectal Surgery Unit. Service of General and Digestive Surgery, University General Hospital of Elche, Elche, Alicante, Spain, and others)
Chapter 3. Percutaneous Electrical Neurostimulation of Dermatome T6 for the Treatment of Obesity
(Jaime Ruiz-Tovar, MD, PhD, and Carolina Llavero, Electrostimulation Unit, Clinica Garcilaso, Madrid, Spain)
Chapter 4. Percutaneous Electrical Neurostimulation of Dermatome T7 for the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus
(Jaime Ruiz-Tovar, MD, PhD, and Carolina Llavero, Electrostimulation Unit, Clinica Garcilaso, Madrid, Spain)
Chapter 5. Postoperative Percutaneous Abdominal Electrical Stimulation (PPAES) for Ileus in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Resection
(Pedro Moya, Manuel Ferrer-Márquez, Francisco Rubio-Gil, Rafael Calpena and Angel Reina, Department of General Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, University Hospital of Torrecardenas, Almeria, Spain, and others)
Chapter 6. Electrical Stimulation for the Management of Postoperative Pain
(Andrés García Marín and Mercedes Pérez López, Department of Pathology and Surgery, University Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain)
Chapter 7. Electrical Stimulation for Improving Physical Fitness Pre- and Postoperatively after Abdominal Surgery
(Artur Marc Hernández, PhD, Laboratory of Training Analysis and Optimization, Sports Research Center, Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Alicante, Spain)
Chapter 8. Intraoperative Neuromonitoring of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve
(Manuel Durán Poveda, Leire Zarain Obrador, Alejandro García Muñoz-Najar, Jaime Ruiz-Tovar and Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Professor of Surgery. Faculty of Health Sciences, King Juan Carlos University. Madrid, Spain, and others)
Index
Keywords: Electrical neurostimulation, PENS, TENS
Audience:
Professionals: Bariatric surgeons, Endocrine surgeons, Anesthesiologists, General practitioners, Nurses and Medical students.
Industry: Medical industry of neurostimulation devices (Uroplasty,…)
Non-professionals: Obesity and diabetic patients, patients with incontinence or undergoing neck surgery, general population interested in fitness