Table 1.
Adverse event | 3 months | 12 months | 5‐year follow‐up | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Epilepsy | Depression | Epilepsy | Epilepsy | |
Cough | 21 | 15 | 1.5 | |
Voice alteration | 62 | 60 | 55 | 18.7 |
Dyspnea | 16 | 23 | 13 | 2.3 |
Pain | 17 | 27 | 15 | 4.7 |
Paresthesia | 25 | 15 | 1.5 | |
Headache | 20 | 30 | 16 | – |
Pharyngitis | 9 | 10 | – | |
Depression | 3 | 5 | – | |
Infection | 4 | 3 | 6 | – |
Deaths | 2 patients (1 SUDEP, 1 pneumonia) | 4 patients (1 SUDEP, 3 status epilepticus) |
SUDEP, sudden, unexpected, unexplained death in epilepsy.