Vagus nerve stimulation therapy after failed cranial surgery for intractable epilepsy: Results from the vagus nerve stimulation therapy patient outcome registry

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1086-1092

  Amar, Arun Paul ^a,c   Apuzzo, Michael L J ^b   Liu, Charles Y ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Callosotomy; Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Failure; Lobectomy; Seizure; Vagus nerve stimulation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SKULL SURGERY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT FAILURE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 8744268377     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000141073.08427.76     Document Type: Article

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