Vagus Nerve Stimulation in the Treatment of Dravet Syndrome
10.12376/j.issn.2097-0501.2022.03.014
- VernacularTitle:迷走神经刺激治疗Dravet综合征一例
- Author:
Tinghong LIU
1
;
Liu YUAN
1
;
Jinshan XU
1
;
Yangshuo WANG
1
;
Shuli LIANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Functional Neurosurgery, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Dravet syndrome;
myoclonic seizure;
epilepsy;
developmental and epileptic encephalopathies;
vagus nerve stimulation
- From:
JOURNAL OF RARE DISEASES
2022;1(3):318-324
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Dravet syndrome is a epileptic syndrome characterized by drug-resistant epilepsy occuring at childhood. It is often accompanied by status epilepticus and cognitive and language impairment appearing gradually as the disease progresses. The effect of antiepileptic drugs and resection epilepsy surgery on Dravet syndrome is poor although neuromodulation surgery, especially vagus nerve stimulation, is an effective and feasible treatment for Dravet syndrome. In this article we reported a case of Dravet syndrome treated with vagus nerve stimulation, relevant literature was reviewed and summarized at the same time. A total of 141 cases of Dravet treated by vagus nerve stimulation were collected, and the overall effective rate was 53.9%.
