Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Refractory Epilepsy

Abstract

The tolerance and efficacy of periodic left vagal nerve (VN) stimulation in 12 children with medically intractable epilepsies are reported from the Sections of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO.

Keywords

• vagal nerve
• antiepileptic drugs
• vocal hoarseness