Microsurgical endoscopy-assisted anterior corpus callosotomy for drug-resistant epilepsy in an adult unresponsive to vagus nerve stimulation

Microsurgical endoscopy-assisted anterior corpus callosotomy for drug-resistant epilepsy in an adult unresponsive to vagus nerve stimulation

Because most of the corpus callosotomy (CC) series available in literature were published before the advent of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), the efficacy of CC in patients with inadequate response to VNS remains unclear, especially in adult patients. We present the case of a 21-year-old female with...

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Main Authors: Davide Nasi, Maurizio Iacoangeli, Lucia Di Somma, Mauro Dobran, Alessandro Di Rienzo, Maurizio Gladi, Roberta Benigni, Claudia Passamonti, Nelia Zamponi, Massimo Scerrati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports
Subjects:
Corpus callosotomy
Vagus nerve stimulation
Drop attacks
Endoscopy-assisted anterior two-thirds corpus callosotomy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213323216000050

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