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Objective: To evaluate the evidence since the 1999 assessment regarding efficacy and safety of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for epilepsy, currently approved as adjunctive therapy for partial-onset seizures in patients >12 years.

Methods: We reviewed the literature and identified relevant published studies. We classified these studies according to the American Academy of Neurology evidence-based methodology.

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Evidence-based guideline update: vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of epilepsy: report of the Guideline Development Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Neurology

October 2013

From the Aurora Epilepsy Center (G.L.M.), St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI; Barrow Neurologic Institute (D.G.), Phoenix, AZ; University of Calgary (J.B.), Canada; Mayo Clinic (K.J.M., K.N.), Rochester, MN; and Hofstra University North Shore-Long Island Jewish Medical College (C.H.), Great Neck, NY.

Objective: To evaluate the evidence since the 1999 assessment regarding efficacy and safety of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for epilepsy, currently approved as adjunctive therapy for partial-onset seizures in patients >12 years.

Methods: We reviewed the literature and identified relevant published studies. We classified these studies according to the American Academy of Neurology evidence-based methodology.

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