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UPDATED: Sun, 11/11/2007 - 4:50pm
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
34% (76 votes)
helped a little bit
35% (78 votes)
didn’t help at all
17% (37 votes)
worse off
10% (22 votes)
Total votes: 224
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Children with epilepsy have a higher rate of learning disorders than the general public. However, most children with epilepsy don't have learning problems.
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