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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% (72 votes)
helped a little bit
35% (74 votes)
didn’t help at all
16% (34 votes)
worse off
10% (22 votes)
Total votes: 213

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