Vagus nerve stimulation: Longitudinal follow-up patients treated for 5 years.
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14110%2F09%3A00051164" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14110/09:00051164 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2008.10.012" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2008.10.012</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2008.10.012" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.seizure.2008.10.012</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Vagus nerve stimulation: Longitudinal follow-up patients treated for 5 years.
Original language 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. The mean percentage of seizure reduction was 55.9%. The responder rate in these patients is in concordance with the decrease of overall seizure frequency. At 1 year after beginning the stimulation, 44.4% of patients were responders; this percentage increased to 58.7% after 2 years. At the 5 years last follow-up64.4% of patients were responders, 15.5% experienced >= 90% seizure reduction, and 5.5% were seizure-free. A separate analysis of patients younger than 16 years of age showed lower efficacy rates of VNS in comparison to the whole grou
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
FH - Neurology, neuro-surgery, nuero-sciences
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2009
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Seizure
ISSN
1059-1311
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
18
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
269-274
UT code for WoS article
000265465000007
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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