Vagus nerve stimulation: Longitudinal follow-up of patients treated for 5 years

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Authors	KUBA Robert BRÁZDIL Milan KALINA Miroslav PROCHÁZKA Tomáš HOVORKA Jiří NEŽÁDAL Tomáš HADAČ Jan BROŽOVÁ Klára SEBROŇOVÁ Věra KOMÁREK Vladimír MARUSIČ Petr OŠLEJŠKOVÁ Hana ZÁRUBOVÁ Jana REKTOR Ivan
Year of publication	2009
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Seizure
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
Citation
Field	Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
Keywords	vagus nerve stimulation
Description	We performed a retrospective, multicenter, open-label study to evaluate the efficacy Of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in all patients in the Czech Republic who have received this treatment for at least 5 years (n = 90). The mean last follow-up was 6.6 +/- 1.1 years (79 +/- 13 months). The median number of seizures among all patients decreased from 41.2 seizures/month in the prestimulation period to 14.9 seizures/month at 5 years follow-up visit.
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