A randomized controlled trial of chronic vagus nerve stimulation for treatment of medically intractable seizures
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Study Group
Neurology · 1995
Key finding
Mean seizure frequency fell 24.5% with high stimulation versus 6.1% with low stimulation in patients with intractable partial seizures.
- Condition
- Epilepsy
- Stimulation
- iVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 114
Cite this study
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Study Group (1995). A randomized controlled trial of chronic vagus nerve stimulation for treatment of medically intractable seizures. Neurology. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.45.2.224
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