"child neurology; epilepsy; quality of life; seizures; treatment"@en . . "Long-term vagus nerve stimulation in children with focal epilepsy"@en . "7"^^ . "Objectives \u2013 The aim of the study was to evaluate the long-term efficacy and hospitalization rates in children with refractory focal epilepsy treated by vagus nerve stimulation. Materials and methods \u2013 We retrospectively analyzed 15 children with intractable focal epilepsy treated by vagus nerve stimulation (mean age of 14.6 +/- 2.5 years at the time of implantation). We analyzed the treatment effectiveness at 1, 2, and 5 year follow-up visits. We counted the average number of urgent hospitalizations and number of days of urgent hospitalization per year for each patient before and after the VNS implantation. Results \u2013 The mean seizure reduction was 42.5% at 1 year, 54.9% at 2 years, and 58.3% at 5 years. The number of responders was 7 (46.7%) at 1 year and 9 (60%) at both 2 and 5 years. The mean number of urgent hospitalizations per patient was 1.0 +/- 0.6 per year preoperatively and 0.3 +/- 0.5 per year post-operatively. The mean number of days of urgent hospitalization per patient was 9.3 +/- 6." . "7"^^ . . . "Long-term vagus nerve stimulation in children with focal epilepsy" . . "Rektor, Ivan" . "Nov\u00E1k, Zden\u011Bk" . "[026F4929A584]" . "85420" . "000317859900006" . "0001-6314" . "US - Spojen\u00E9 st\u00E1ty americk\u00E9" . "5" . . "127" . "Ryz\u00ED, Michal" . . "Kuba, Robert" . "ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA" . "RIV/00216224:14110/13:00067788!RIV14-MSM-14110___" . . "14110" . "7"^^ . . . "RIV/00216224:14110/13:00067788" . . . "O\u0161lej\u0161kov\u00E1, Hana" . . . . . "10.1111/ane.12009" . . . . . "Long-term vagus nerve stimulation in children with focal epilepsy"@en . . . "Chrastina, Jan" . . "I" . "Br\u00E1zdil, Milan" . "Objectives \u2013 The aim of the study was to evaluate the long-term efficacy and hospitalization rates in children with refractory focal epilepsy treated by vagus nerve stimulation. Materials and methods \u2013 We retrospectively analyzed 15 children with intractable focal epilepsy treated by vagus nerve stimulation (mean age of 14.6 +/- 2.5 years at the time of implantation). We analyzed the treatment effectiveness at 1, 2, and 5 year follow-up visits. We counted the average number of urgent hospitalizations and number of days of urgent hospitalization per year for each patient before and after the VNS implantation. Results \u2013 The mean seizure reduction was 42.5% at 1 year, 54.9% at 2 years, and 58.3% at 5 years. The number of responders was 7 (46.7%) at 1 year and 9 (60%) at both 2 and 5 years. The mean number of urgent hospitalizations per patient was 1.0 +/- 0.6 per year preoperatively and 0.3 +/- 0.5 per year post-operatively. The mean number of days of urgent hospitalization per patient was 9.3 +/- 6."@en . "Long-term vagus nerve stimulation in children with focal epilepsy" . .