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Vagus nerve stimulation has emerged as a potential management option for various clinical disorders, though its absolute place in clinical practice remains to be fully determined pending further robust trials.
This review outlines the methods and clinical applications of electrical vagus nerve stimulation across various disorders.
VNS may warrant consideration in select disorders; leaves open the need for RCTs to define efficacy, dosing, and safety.
The diverse array of end organ innervations of the vagus nerve, coupled with increased basic science evidence, has led to vagus nerve stimulation becoming a management option in a number of clinical disorders. This review discusses methods of electrically stimulating the vagus nerve and its current and potential clinical uses.
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Farmer et al. (2016) conducted a review in Various disorders including epilepsy, headache, heart failure, and immune-mediated inflammatory disorders. Vagus nerve stimulation was evaluated. Vagus nerve stimulation has emerged as a potential management option for various clinical disorders, though its absolute place in clinical practice remains to be fully determined pending further robust trials.
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