Rates and Predictors of Seizure Freedom With Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Intractable Epilepsy

摘要

BACKGROUND:Neuromodulation-based treatments have become increasingly important in epilepsy treatment. Most patients with epilepsy treated with neuromodulation do not achieve complete seizure freedom, and, therefore, previous studies of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy have focused instead on reduction of seizure frequency as a measure of treatment response.