Vagus nerve stimulation for treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Lim MJR, Fong KY, Zheng Y, Chua CYK, Miny S, Lin JB, Nga VDW, Ong HT, Rathakrishnan R, Yeo TT
Neurosurgical Review · 2022
Key finding
This remained significant for subgroup analyses of low-frequency VNS as the control, VNS modality, and after removing studies with moderate-to-high risk of bias.
- Condition
- Epilepsy
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Systematic Review / Meta-Analysis
- Participants
- 718
Cite this study
Lim, M. J. R., Fong, K. Y., Zheng, Y., Chua, C. Y. K., Miny, S., Lin, J. B., Nga, V. D. W., Ong, H. T., Rathakrishnan, R., & Yeo, T. T. (2022). Vagus nerve stimulation for treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurosurgical Review, 45(3), 2361-2373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-022-01757-9
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