Vagus nerve stimulation in 436 consecutive patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy: long-term outcomes and predictors of response
Elliott RE, Morsi A, Kalhorn SP, Marcus J, Sellin J, Kang M, Silverberg A, Rivera E, Geller E, Carlson C, et al.
Epilepsy & Behavior · 2011
Key finding
At mean 5-year follow-up, 63.8% of patients achieved at least 50% seizure reduction, demonstrating that VNS efficacy progressively improves over years of treatment in drug-resistant epilepsy.
- Condition
- Epilepsy
- Stimulation
- iVNS
- Evidence tier
- Observational / Cohort
- Participants
- 436
Cite this study
Elliott, R. E., Morsi, A., Kalhorn, S. P., Marcus, J., Sellin, J., Kang, M., Silverberg, A., Rivera, E., Geller, E., Carlson, C., Devinsky, O., & Doyle, W. K. (2011). Vagus nerve stimulation in 436 consecutive patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy: long-term outcomes and predictors of response. Epilepsy & Behavior, 20(1), 57-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.10.017
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