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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2025

Introducing the Index of Response to Stimulation (IRES): A Novel Metric for Assessing Vagus Nerve Stimulation Outcomes in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy.

Flavius-Iuliu Urian, Corneliu Toader, Razvan-Adrian Covache Busuioc, Antonio-Daniel Corlatescu, Horia Petre Costin, Gabriel Iacob, Alexadru Vlad Ciurea

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Flavius-Iuliu UrianDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", 030147 Bucharest, Romania.
Corneliu ToaderDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", 030147 Bucharest, Romania.
Razvan-Adrian Covache BusuiocDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", 030147 Bucharest, Romania.
Antonio-Daniel CorlatescuDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", 030147 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0009-0007-9232-1176
Horia Petre CostinDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", 030147 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-6347-9958
Gabriel IacobDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", 030147 Bucharest, Romania.
Alexadru Vlad CiureaDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", 030147 Bucharest, Romania.

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Drug Resistant EpilepsyVagus Nerve StimulationAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeRetrospective StudiesSeizuresTreatment OutcomeAspire SR 106epilepsyIRES scoreoutcomequality of lifeseizure reductionvagal nerve stimulation

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