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Vagal nerve stimulation has robust effects on neuropsychiatric assessment in resistant epilepsy: A clinical series with clinical experiences
Turkish Neurosurgery · Ocak 2019
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Vagal nerve stimulation has robust effects on neuropsychiatric assessment in resistant epilepsy: a clinical series with clinical experiences.
Turkish Neurosurgery · 2018 SCI-Expanded
Doç. Dr. AHMET HAKAN EKMEKCİ →
Vagal nerve stimulation has robust effects on neuropsychiatric assessment in resistant epilepsy: a clinical series with clinical experiences
Turkish Neurosurgery SCI-Expanded
Doç. Dr. AHMET HAKAN EKMEKCİ →
Vagal nerve stimulation has robust effects on neuropsychiatric assessment in resistant epilepsy: a clinical series with clinical experiences
Turkish Neurosurgery · 2018 SCI-Expanded
Doç. Dr. AHMET HAKAN EKMEKCİ →
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Turkish Neurosurgery
Yayın TarihiOcak 2019
Cilt / Sayfa29 · 213-221
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85062632607
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AIM: To evaluate the resistant epileptic patients who had vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) devices implanted over five years, and to evaluate the neuropsychological aspects of VNS. MATERIAL and METHODS: Patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsy (PRE) were followed from 2012 to 2017. Totally seven patients were found eligible for VNS in this period. In the pre-surgical period, patients were neuro-psychiatrically assessed by an independent psychiatric committee for mental status, which included assessment of intelligence quotient (IQ), Wechsler adult intelligence scale-revised (WAIS-R) IQ, Stroop test and mini-mental state examination (MMSE), Hamilton depression scale (HDS) and the Beck anxiety inventory (BAI). RESULTS: The positive effects of VNS on patients' well-being and neuropsychiatric status may be the most as important as the treatment's cost effectiveness. The patients' quality of life (QoL) was calculated just before and 12th / 24th months after VNS implantation. The pre-VNS scores for Quality of Life in Epilepsy (QoLiE-31-P) ranged from 14-59, and average score was 37.14.The post-VNS scores ranged from 31-72, and the average score was 52.86. CONCLUSION: VNS has intense effects on QoL of epileptic patients. The best approach for comparing and evaluating QoL in PRE patients may be the QoLiE-31-P inventory, which can be adapted and used in epilepsy centers to evaluate energy, mood, daily activity, cognition, medication effects, seizure worry and overall QoL.
Yazarlar (2)
1
Ahmet Hakan Ekmekci
2
Hulagu Kaptan
ORCID: 0000-0002-6539-1204
Anahtar Kelimeler
Neuropsychiatric assessment
Pharmacoresistant epilepsy
Quality of life
Vagal nerve stimulation
Kurumlar
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
Izmir Turkey
Selçuk Üniversitesi
Selçuklu Turkey
Metrikler
6
Atıf
2
Yazar
4
Anahtar Kelime