Interrater reliability of Engel, International League Against Epilepsy, and McHugh seizure outcome classifications following vagus nerve stimulator implantation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 226-229

  Rodgers, Will P ^a   Durnford, Andrew J ^b   Kirkham, Fenella J ^a,c   Whitney, Andrea ^a   Mullee, Mark A ^d   Gray, William P ^b,c  

^a Paediatric Neurology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engel classification; Epilepsy surgery; International League Against Epilepsy; Interrater reliability; Outcome; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICE THERAPY; DEVICES; ENGEL AND INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE AGAINST EPILEPSY SYSTEM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MCHUGH SCORE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84866001221     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.6.PEDS11424     Document Type: Article

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