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.
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Vagus nerve stimulation has a positive effect on mood in patients with refractory epilepsy
Klinkenberg S, Majoie HJ, van der Heijden MM, Rijkers K, Leenen L, Aldenkamp AP.
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 114 (2012) 336–340
Management and outcome of vagus nerve stimulator implantation: experience of an otolaryngeal/neuropediatric cooperation
Grasl S, Janik S, Dressler A, Diehm R, Gröppel G, Eichinger K, Grasl MC, Gstoettner W, Feucht M, Vyskocil E, Baumgartner WD.
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology (2021) 278:3891–3899
The long-term effect of vagus nerve stimulation on quality of life in patients with pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy: The PuLsE (Open Prospective Randomized Long-term Effectiveness) trial
Ryvlin P, Gilliam FG, Nguyen DK, Colicchio G, Iudice A, Tinuper P, Zamponi N, Aguglia U, Wagner L, Minotti L, Stefan H, Boon P, Sadler M, Benna P, Raman P, Perucca E.
Epilepsia, 55(6):893–900, 2014
Efficacy and tolerability of vagus nerve stimulation therapy (VNS) in Slovenian epilepsy patients: younger age and shorter duration of epilepsy might result in better outcome
Kavčič A, Kajdič N, Rener-Primec Z, Krajnc N, Žgur T.
Acta Clin Croat. 2019 Jun; 58(2): 255–264.
Vagus nerve stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy induced by tuberous sclerosis complex
This study by Tong et al. (Jan. 2022) examined the long-term effects of vagus nerve stimulation (#VNS) for seizure control and its one-year impact on cognition and emotion of drug-resistant epilepsy (#DRE) patients induced by tuberous sclerosis complex (#TSC).
Effect of Long-Term Treatment with Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Mood and Quality of Life in Korean Patients with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy.
Kim JS, Kim DY, Jo HJ, Hwang YH, Song JY, Yang KI, Hong SB.
J Clin Neurol 2021;17(3):385-392