Quality-of-life metrics with vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy from provider survey data

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• 作者：Dario J. Englot^a ; ^{englot@gmail.com} ; Kevin H. Hassnain^b ; John D. Rolston^c ; Stephen C. Harward^d ; Saurabh R. Sinha^e ; Michael M. Haglund^d
• 关键词：Epilepsy ; Quality of life ; Vagus nerve stimulation ; VNS ; Surgery
• 刊名：Epilepsy & Behavior
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：66
• 期：Complete
• 页码：4-9
• 全文大小：567 K
• 卷排序：66

文摘

VNS for epilepsy is associated with improved QOL metrics, as subjectively rated by physicians. Patients with greater QOL improvement are more likely to have favorable seizure outcomes. Generator replacement is more common in patients with greater improvement in QOL metrics.