Depressive relapse after vagal nerve stimulator explantation.

摘要

To the Editor: As the treating psychiatrist for the patient described in the Letter to the Editor by Shiva Prakash Srini-vasan, M.D., et al. (1), published in .the December 2009 issue of the Journal, I would like to provide important clinical details regarding the longitudinal follow-up evaluation of the patient's mood symptoms in order to highlight the risk of very serious depressive relapse after vagal nerve stimulator removal and to elaborate on the difficult course the patient experienced following removal, which was not addressed.