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UPDATED: Thu, 11/08/2007 - 4:44pm
VNS Surgery
If you (or your loved one) have had a vagus nerve stimulator implanted, what happened after it?
no more seizures
5% (11 votes)
helped control seizures a lot
33% (73 votes)
helped a little bit
35% (77 votes)
didn’t help at all
16% (35 votes)
worse off
10% (22 votes)
Total votes: 218
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