Why the study?
Does vagus nerve stimulation reduce seizure frequency in patients with refractory epilepsy?
Population
118 patients with medically or surgically refractory epilepsy, mean age 32 years, mean duration of…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
mean 33 months
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for VNS in refractory epilepsy; prospective randomized trials needed before clinical adoption.
Does vagus nerve stimulation reduce seizure frequency in patients with refractory epilepsy?
Vagus nerve stimulation is an efficacious and safe long-term treatment for refractory epilepsy, reducing monthly seizure frequency by an average of 55%.
Vonck et al. (2004) studied this question.
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