Efficacy of Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Patients with Drug Resistant Epilepsy

OBJECTIVE: Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS), is an adjunctive therapy approved for use in patients with refractory epilepsy, based on stimulation of the exctracranial part of the vagus nerve. In this study, we provide an analysis of seizure outcomes after VNS implantation for pharmacologically resistan...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mecbure Nalbantoğlu, Çiğdem Özkara, Naz Yeni, Veysi Demirbilek, Cengiz Yalçınkaya, Şakir Delil, Taner Tanrıverdi, Mustafa Uzan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KARE Publishing 2014-03-01
Series:Epilepsi
Subjects:
VNS
Online Access:http://www.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=epilepsi&plng=tur&un=JTES-98698