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.
Predictors of vagus nerve stimulation complications among pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy
Muthiah N, Sharma N, Vodovotz L, White GE, Abel TJ.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2022 Jul 8:1-8.
Comparison of traditional and closed loop vagus nerve stimulation for treatment of pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy: A propensity-matched retrospective cohort study
Muthiah N, Akwayena E, Vodovotz L, Sharma N, Jeong JH, White GE, Abel TJ.
Seizure. 2022 Jan;94:74-81.
Successful outcome of episodes of status epilepticus after vagus nerve stimulation: a multicenter study
Sierra-Marcos A, Maestro I, Rodríguez-Osorio X, Miró J, Donaire A, Aparicio J, Rumiá J, Forcadas M, Garamendi I, Pardo J, López J, Prieto Á, Plans G, Falip M, Carreño M.
Eur J Neurol. 2012 Sep;19(9):1219-23.
The effect of vagus nerve stimulator in controlling status epilepticus in children
Gedela S, Sitwat B, Welch WP, Krafty RT, Sogawa Y.
Seizure. VOLUME 55, P66-69, 2, 01, 2018
Combined VNS-RNS Neuromodulation for Epilepsy
Khankhanian P, Lee AM, Drees CN, Decker BM, Becker DA.
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology: February 2022,39,2,e5-e9
Brainstem Associated Somatosensory Evoked Potentials and Response to Vagus Nerve Stimulation: An Investigation of the Vagus Afferent Network
Suresh H, Mithani K, Brar K, Yan H, Strantzas S, Vandenberk M, Sharma R, Yau I, Go C, Pang E, Kerr E, Ochi A, Otsubo H, Jain P, Donner E, Snead OC, Ibrahim GM. #RetrospectiveStudy
Front. Neurol., 18 February 2022
Concurrent brain-responsive and vagus nerve stimulation for treatment of drug-resistant focal epilepsy
Brown MG, Sillau S, McDermott D, Ernst LD, Spencer DC, Englot DJ, González HFJ, Datta P, Karakis I, Becker D, Rolston JD, Arain A, Rao VR, Doherty M, Urban A, Drees C.
Epilepsy & Behavior Volume 129, April 2022, 108653
Dual-Device Neuromodulation in Epilepsy
Freund B, Grewal SS, Middlebrooks EH, Moniz-Garcia D, Feyissa AM, Tatum WO.
World Neurosurg. 2022 Feb 18;S1878-8750(22)00205-4