Vagal nerve stimulation for status epilepticus

被引：61

作者：

Winston, KR ^{[1
]}

Levisohn, P ^{[1
]}

Miller, BR ^{[1
]}

Freeman, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Colorado, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Neurosurg & Neurol, Childrens Hosp, Denver, CO USA

来源：

PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY | 2001年 / 34卷 / 04期

关键词：

corpus callosotomy; epilepsy; status epilepticus; vagal nerve stimulation;

D O I：

10.1159/000056018

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Refractory generalized convulsive status epilepticus in a 13-year-old boy was halted by left vagal nerve stimulation. Over the next 1.5 years, seizures have continued at a rate and severity which is significantly better than it had been in the year before insertion of the stimulator.

引用

页码：190 / 192

页数：3

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