Cargando…

The long-term effect of vagus nerve stimulation on quality of life in patients with pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy: The PuLsE (Open Prospective Randomized Long-term Effectiveness) trial

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) as adjunct to best medical practice (VNS + BMP) is superior to BMP alone in improving long-term health-related quality of life (HRQoL). METHODS: PuLsE (Open Prospective Randomized Long-term Effectiveness) was a prospective, randomized, par...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ryvlin, Philippe, Gilliam, Frank G, Nguyen, Dang K, Colicchio, Gabriella, Iudice, Alfonso, Tinuper, Paolo, Zamponi, Nelia, Aguglia, Umberto, Wagner, Louis, Minotti, Lorella, Stefan, Hermann, Boon, Paul, Sadler, Mark, Benna, Paolo, Raman, Pradheep, Perucca, Emilio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4283995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24754318
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/epi.12611