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First Polish patient wakes from coma due to brain stimulator implant

by Weronika Gall | 10 Aug 2016 | Polish news

35-year-old Tomasz has been in a coma since May. He had a brain stimulator implanted two weeks ago at the University Hospital in Olsztyn. He is now completely conscious, understands what is being said and responds to it. At the same time the patient is upset. He is...

Path-breaking surgery – brain stimulator to restore four Polish lives?

by Monika Kardaś | 19 May 2016 | Polish news

May 17, Olsztyn: in an operating theatre, best Polish surgeons and a Japanese specialist are placing a nerve stimulator in a patient’s spinal canal. She is the first of four comatose people that are going to be treated with this method. Everything goes smooth and she...

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