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Deep brain stimulation of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus in drug-resistan...
Peltola, Jukka; Colon, Albert J.; Pimentel, José; Coenen, Volker A.; Gil-Nagel, Antonio; Gonçalves Ferreira, António; Lehtimäki, Kai; Ryvlin, PhilippeBackground and objectives: The efficacy of deep brain stimulation of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus (ANT DBS) in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) was demonstrated in the double-blind Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus for Epilepsy randomized controlled trial. The Medtronic Registry for Epilepsy (MORE) aims to understand the safety and longer-term effectiveness of ANT DBS therap...
Usage and impact of patient‐reported outcomes in epilepsy
Vonck, Kristl; Biraben, Arnaud; Bosak, Magdalena; Jennum, Poul Jørgen; Kimiskidis, Vasilios K.; Marusic, Petr; Mitchell, James W.; Ferreira, LaraBackground: The use of patient-reported outcomes (PRO) in clinical practice is gaining increasing attention. This study aimed to provide a critical assessment of the current state-of-the-art and beliefs about the use of PRO in the management of people with epilepsy across some European countries. Methods Structured interviews were conducted with European experts to collect insights about (I) the personal experi...