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To describe the characteristics of children less than three years of age with medically intractable epilepsy, who underwent Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS) therapy at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh between 2004 and 2011. Methods: Retrospective chart review. Results: Seventeen patients were identified; adequate follow-up was available for 15. Median follow up duration was 4.3 years (1.4–10.2 years)...
For safe 3T-MRI of patients with VNS (vagus nerve stimulator), specific conditions are mandatory. However, application of these conditions can lead to a loss of image quality. In this work, we evaluated the diagnostic value of 3T-MRI in VNS patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsy.Using a transmit-and-receive head coil and adapting our sequences to allow for low SAR (specific absorption rate), we...
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