Video EEG monitoring prior to vagal nerve stimulator implantation.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
Vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) is a safe alternative therapy for epilepsy but may have rare significant complications. There is no consensus regarding the necessity of video-EEG monitoring to characterize events before the VNS implantation. The authors discuss four patients who were inappropriately referred for or implanted with VNS without any previous video-EEG monitoring, in the context of their entire case experience.
Medical subject headings
- Astrocytoma
- Brain Diseases
- Brain Neoplasms
- Electroencephalography
- Epilepsy
- Monitoring, Physiologic