Abstract | BACKGROUND: OBJECTIVE: METHODS: This is a retrospective chart review of 30 patients with medically intractable complex partial epilepsy, who underwent either VNS or RNS placement at a single institution between June 2012 and January 2016. There was a mean follow-up of 19 months. Seizure frequency reduction and complications were identified. RESULTS: The median seizure frequency reduction was similar for VNS (66%) and RNS (58%). There was no major morbidity or mortality, and the frequency of minor complications was similar between VNS (15%) and RNS (18%). CONCLUSION: We found that VNS and RNS reduced the median seizure frequency similarly with no difference in morbidity or mortality. Further prospective studies are warranted as VNS and RNS therapy improves over time.
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Authors | Nathaniel R Ellens, Kost Elisevich, David E Burdette, Sanjay E Patra |
Journal | Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
(Stereotact Funct Neurosurg)
Vol. 96
Issue 4
Pg. 259-263
( 2018)
ISSN: 1423-0372 [Electronic] Switzerland |
PMID | 30149389
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Copyright | © 2018 S. Karger AG, Basel. |
Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Drug Resistant Epilepsy
(therapy)
- Electric Stimulation Therapy
(methods)
- Epilepsy, Complex Partial
(therapy)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Retrospective Studies
- Treatment Outcome
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
(methods)
- Young Adult
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