An Institutional Experience with Cervical Vagus Nerve Trunk Stimulation for Medically Refractory Epilepsy: Rationale, Technique, and Outcome
- 1 December 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 43 (6) , 1265-1276
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-199812000-00001
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:. Intermittent stimulation of the left cervical vagus nerve trunk is emerging as a novel adjunct in the treatment of medically refractory seiKeywords
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