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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Health Technology Assessment Report on Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy.

Carlo Efisio Marras, Gabriella Colicchio, Luca De Palma, Alessandro De Benedictis, Giancarlo Di Gennaro, Marilou Cavaliere, Elisabetta Cesaroni, Alessandro Consales, Sofia Asioli, Massimo Caulo and 2 more

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Beyond seizures: understanding adaptive functioning in drug-resistant epilepsy in patients undergoing palliative surgery.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
    Observational
  2. Analysis of the treatment of refractory epilepsy in pediatric patients with Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS): A case series.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
    Observational
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Socio-economic impact of epilepsy in Italy.Global & regional health technology assessment
    Review
  6. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Carlo Efisio MarrasNeurosurgery Unit, Department of Neuroscience, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Gabriella ColicchioDepartment of Neurosurgery, UCSC Gemelli University Hospital, 00167 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4646-8296
Luca De PalmaPediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Neuroscience, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Alessandro De BenedictisNeurosurgery Unit, Department of Neuroscience, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Giancarlo Di GennaroNeurology Unit, IRCCS Neuromed Institute, 86077 Pozzilli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3446-0788
Marilou CavaliereNeurosurgery Unit, Department of Neuroscience, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Elisabetta CesaroniPediatric Neurology Unit, Salesi Children Hospital, 60123 Ancona, Italy.
Alessandro ConsalesPediatric Neurosurgery Unit, G. Gaslini Hospital, 16147 Genoa, Italy.
Sofia AsioliDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Section of Anatomic Pathology, Bellaria Hospital, University of Bologna, 40139 Bologna, Italy.
Massimo CauloDepartment of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University of Chieti, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Flavio VillaniDivision of Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy Center, IRCCS, San Martino Hospital, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Nelia ZamponiPediatric Neurology Unit, Salesi Children Hospital, 60123 Ancona, Italy.
Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital · ITAgostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITIstituto Giannina Gaslini · ITIstituto Neurologico Mediterraneo · ITOspedale Policlinico San Martino · ITUniversity of Bologna · ITUniversity of Chieti-Pescara · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

EpilepsyPharmaceutical PreparationsVagus Nerve StimulationDrug ResistanceHumansQuality of LifeTechnology Assessment, BiomedicalTreatment OutcomePharmaceutical Preparationsdrug-resistant epilepsyhealth technology assessmentvagus nerve stimulation

Identifiers

PMID32847092
PMCPMC7504285
OpenAlexW3081402181

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Registered trials

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