Scientific Summaries
At Go North Medical, evidence is the cornerstone of our mission to target the right patients at the right time. In the area of Neurology alone, over 100 articles, case studies, and other resources are published each week. To deepen the company's understanding of the field, the medical team, led by Medical Affairs Manager Martina Boström, extracts key insights from these publications. All medical team members have a research background and possess expertise in critically reviewing evidence to determine both its strengths and weaknesses.
Primarily, the team stays up-to-date with the latest scientific evidence on vagus nerve stimulation therapy and evaluates its effectiveness through critical review and analysis of relevant publications. Part of this effort is published here, with scientific summaries and reflections created by the team. These summaries emphasize the most important publications that are relevant to our field of expertise.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you are unable to find clinical evidence related to a particular area of interest.
Nonpharmacologic care for patients with Lennox-Gastautsyndrome: Ketogenic diets and vagus nerve stimulation
Kossoff EH, Shields WD.
Epilepsia. 2014 Sep;55 Suppl 4:29-33.
The efficacy and tolerability of auto-stimulation-VNS in children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
Kossoff EH, Shields WD.
Epilepsia. 2014 Sep;55 Suppl 4:29-33.
Vagus nerve stimulation in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: A meta-analysis
Dibué M, Greco T, Spoor JKH, Tahir Z, Specchio N, Hänggi D, Steiger HJ, Kamp MA.
Acta Neurol Scand. 2021 May;143(5):497-508.
Vagus nerve stimulation for super-refractory status epilepticus in febrile infection–related epilepsy syndrome: a pediatric case report and literature review
Luo T, Wang Y, Lu G, Zhou Y, Wang Y.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2022 Jul;38(7):1401-1404.
Refractory Status Epilepticus in Genetic Epilepsy-Is Vagus Nerve Stimulation an Option?
Specchio N, Ferretti A, Pietrafusa N, Trivisano M, Calabrese C, Carfì Pavia G, De Benedictis A, Marras CE, de Palma L, Vigevano F.
Front Neurol. 2020 Jun 12;11:443.
Combined use of the ketogenic diet and vagus nerve stimulation in pediatric drug‐resistant epilepsy
Wang, M., Geng, G., Meng, Y. et al.
Acta Epileptologica 4, 34 (2022).
Combined ketogenic diet and vagus nerve stimulation: rational polytherapy?
Kossoff EH, Pyzik PL, Rubenstein JE, Bergqvist AG, Buchhalter JR, Donner EJ, Nordli DR Jr, Wheless JW.
Epilepsia. 2007 Jan;48(1):77-81.