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Vagus nerve stimulation for refractory posttraumatic epilepsy: Efficacy and predictors of seizure outcome
- Source :
- Frontiers in Neurology, Vol 13 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2022.
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Abstract
- BackgroundTraumatic brain injury (TBI) has been recognized as an important and common cause of epilepsy since antiquity. Posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) is usually associated with drug resistance and poor surgical outcomes, thereby increasing the burden of the illness on patients and their families. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an adjunctive treatment for medically refractory epilepsy. This study aimed to determine the efficacy of VNS for refractory PTE and to initially evaluate the potential predictors of efficacy.MethodsWe retrospectively collected the outcomes of VNS with at least a 1-year follow-up in all patients with refractory PTE. Subgroups were classified as responders and non-responders according to the efficacy of VNS (≥50% or
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16642295
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Neurology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.fad1bdc511b24ffbbf69cd7d6bcd2358
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.954509