Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy for Patients with Persistent Seizures after Epilepsy Surgery

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 80, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 9-13

  Amar, Arun Paul ^a,b   Apuzzo, Michael L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Callosotomy; Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Seizure, epileptic; Temporal lobectomy; Vagus nerve stimulation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEUROSURGERY; REGISTER; SEIZURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0842342598     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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