Vagus nerve stimulation: Longitudinal follow-up of patients treated for 5 years

• Authors: KUBA Robert; BRÁZDIL Milan; KALINA Miroslav; PROCHÁZKA Tomáš; HOVORKA Jiří; NEŽÁDAL Tomáš; HADAČ Jan; BROŽOVÁ Klára; SEBROŇOVÁ Věra; KOMÁREK Vladimír; MARUSIČ Petr; OŠLEJŠKOVÁ Hana; ZÁRUBOVÁ Jana; REKTOR Ivan
• Year of publication: 2009
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Seizure
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
• Keywords: vagus nerve stimulation
• Description: We performed a retrospective, multicenter, open-label study to evaluate the efficacy Of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in all patients in the Czech Republic who have received this treatment for at least 5 years (n = 90). The mean last follow-up was 6.6 +/- 1.1 years (79 +/- 13 months). The median number of seizures among all patients decreased from 41.2 seizures/month in the prestimulation period to 14.9 seizures/month at 5 years follow-up visit.

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