Two-year outcome of vagus nerve stimulation in treatment-resistant depression
Bajbouj M, Merkl A, Schlaepfer TE, Frick C, Zobel A, Maier W, O'Keane V, Corcoran C, Adolfsson R, Trimble M, et al.
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology · 2010
Key finding
Of 49 European patients completing 2-year follow-up, 53.1% met response and 38.9% met remission criteria on the HRSD-28.
- Condition
- Depression
- Stimulation
- iVNS
- Evidence tier
- Observational / Cohort
- Participants
- 74
Cite this study
Bajbouj, M., Merkl, A., Schlaepfer, T. E., Frick, C., Zobel, A., Maier, W., O'Keane, V., Corcoran, C., Adolfsson, R., Trimble, M., Rau, H., Hoff, H. J., Padberg, F., Müller-Siecheneder, F., Audenaert, K., van den Abbeele, D., Matthews, K., Christmas, D., Eljamel, S., & Heuser, I. (2010). Two-year outcome of vagus nerve stimulation in treatment-resistant depression. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 30(3), 273-281. https://doi.org/10.1097/jcp.0b013e3181db8831
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