Vagus nerve stimulator, is it possible to be free of crisis ?, presentation of a case and review of the literature
Vol. 33 No. 3 (2017), Clinical Cases
Vol. 33 No. 3 (2017)

Vagus nerve stimulator, is it possible to be free of crisis ?, presentation of a case and review of the literature

Clinical Cases
https://doi.org/10.22379/24224022153
Published 2017-01-01
Jean Paul Vergara
Neurólogo, Neurofisiología-Epilepsia, Universidad El Rosario, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Luis Carlos Mayor
Neurólogo, epileptólogo, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Edwin Forero
Neuropediatría, Fellow de Neurofisiología-Epilepsia, Universidad El Rosario, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
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Keywords

Seizures
Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Refractory Epilepsy
Drug
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Abstract

Vagal nerve stimulation is an FDA-approved technique for focal refractory epilepsy.

We present the case of a patient, with epilepsy of probable frontal origin, who met criteria for refractory epilepsy, and was taken to implantation of vagus nerve stimulator, currently free of crisis.

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