Long-term vagus nerve stimulation in children with focal epilepsy

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ane.12009" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ane.12009</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ane.12009" target="_blank" >10.1111/ane.12009</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Long-term vagus nerve stimulation in children with focal epilepsy

Original language description

Objectives ? The aim of the study was to evaluate the long-term efficacy and hospitalization rates in children with refractory focal epilepsy treated by vagus nerve stimulation. Materials and methods ? We retrospectively analyzed 15 children with intractable focal epilepsy treated by vagus nerve stimulation (mean age of 14.6 +/- 2.5 years at the time of implantation). We analyzed the treatment effectiveness at 1, 2, and 5 year follow-up visits. We counted the average number of urgent hospitalizations and number of days of urgent hospitalization per year for each patient before and after the VNS implantation. Results ? The mean seizure reduction was 42.5% at 1 year, 54.9% at 2 years, and 58.3% at 5 years. The number of responders was 7 (46.7%) at 1 yearand 9 (60%) at both 2 and 5 years. The mean number of urgent hospitalizations per patient was 1.0 +/- 0.6 per year preoperatively and 0.3 +/- 0.5 per year post-operatively. The mean number of days of urgent hospitalization per patient wa

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FH - Neurology, neuro-surgery, nuero-sciences

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA

ISSN

0001-6314

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

127

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

316-322

UT code for WoS article

000317859900006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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