Childs Nerv Syst. 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1007/s00381-024-06397-6. Online ahead of print.

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: To assess preferences and outcome expectations for vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) and corpus callosotomy (CC) surgeries in the treatment of atonic seizure in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS).

METHODS: A total of 260 surveys were collected from patients are caregivers of LGS patients via Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap).

RESULTS: Respondents reported an average acceptable atonic seizure reduction rate of 55.9% following VNS and 74.7% following CC. 21.3% (n = 50) were willing to be randomized. Respondents reported low willingness for randomization and a higher seizure reduction expectation with CC.

CONCLUSION: Our findings guide surgical approaches for clinicians to consider patient preference in order to design future studies comparing effectiveness between these two procedures.

PMID:38717604 | DOI:10.1007/s00381-024-06397-6