Vagus nerve stimulation therapy for treatment-resistant epilepsy: A 15-year experience at a single institution

Highlights • Vagus nerve stimulation is the most widely used neuromodulation treatment. • It is safe and effective in adult/children and for partial and generalized seizures. • We have included off-label indications (right-sided VNS, pregnancy, young children). • Surgery on an out-patient basis opti...

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Published inClinical neurology and neurosurgery Vol. 137; pp. 89 - 93
Main Authors Galbarriatu, L, Pomposo, I, Aurrecoechea, J, Marinas, A, Agúndez, M, Gómez, J.C, Acera, M.A, Martínez, M.J, Valle, E, Maestro, I, Mateos, B, Cabrera, A, Fernández, J, Iturri, F, Garamendi, I
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.10.2015
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use
Child
Child, Preschool
Cost control
Emergency medical care
Epilepsy
Epilepsy - drug therapy
Epilepsy - surgery
FDA approval
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Mortality
Neck
Neurology
Neurosurgery
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Off-label indications
Pediatrics
Pregnancy
Retrospective Studies
Right-sided VNS
Surgery
Surgical techniques
Treatment Outcome
Treatment-resistant epilepsy
Vagus Nerve - surgery
Vagus nerve stimulation
Vagus Nerve Stimulation - methods
Young Adult
Pregnancy
Right-sided VNS
Off-label indications
Vagus nerve stimulation
Treatment-resistant epilepsy
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Summary:Highlights • Vagus nerve stimulation is the most widely used neuromodulation treatment. • It is safe and effective in adult/children and for partial and generalized seizures. • We have included off-label indications (right-sided VNS, pregnancy, young children). • Surgery on an out-patient basis optimizes patient care and reduces costs.
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ISSN:0303-8467
1872-6968
DOI:10.1016/j.clineuro.2015.06.023