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Clinical Perspective: EEG-Based Neuromodulation Technique for Epilepsy.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 2023 November 24
Epilepsy is the most common brain disorder around the world. The main treatments of epilepsy are through drug treatment or epilepsy surgery. However, examples of EEG-based neuromodulation treatments, such as Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS), and responsive neuro-stimulation (RNS), are also promising therapeutic methods nowadays. The aim of the paper is to recognize the effectiveness and potential risks of the three techniques. By carrying out randomized multicenter double-blind trials, this research studied the effectiveness of VNS, RNS, and DBS by measuring the median seizure reduction rate, rate of the responder, and proportion of seizure-free patients; the sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) of the treated patients; and the possible side effects that each treatment may cause. This review paper discusses the classification of epilepsy, common treatment methods for epilepsy, previous studies related to the three techniques, and data collected from the randomized multicenter double-blind trials. All in all, the result suggested that for short-term treatment, DBS may be the most effective method, but for long-term treatment, RNS may be more recommended. As the SUDEP rates for all three methods are lower than the SUDEP rate for epilepsy surgery, EEG-based neuromodulation techniques may become the main treatment for epilepsy in the future.
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