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Effectiveness of vagus nerve stimulation in epilepsy patients: a 12-year observation
B M Uthman1, A M Reichl, J C Dean
1Neurology Service, Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Florida College of Medicine and McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville 32608, USA. basim.uthman@med.va.gov
Neurology
|September 29, 2004
Abstract:
A retrospective review of the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in 48 patients with intractable partial epilepsy was performed. Side effects were few and mild to moderate. Mean seizure frequency decreased by 26% after 1 year, 30% after 5 years, and 52% after 12 years with VNS treatment.
