Efficacy of rTMS for poststroke epilepsy and its effects on patients' cognitive function and depressive status.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of rTMS in the treatment of poststroke epilepsy and the effect of rTMS on patients' cognitive function and depressive status.

Methods

One hundred and twenty-one poststroke epilepsy patients with mild cognitive impairment and depressive status admitted to the Department of Neurology of the Second People's Hospital of Nanning from January 1, 2017, to April 31, 2023, were selected and divided into the rTMS treatment group (treated group) and the control group. MMSE scores and HAMD scores were recorded before and after treatment. The frequency of EEG spiky waves recorded before and after treatment within 24 h and the frequency of any clinical seizure form (the number of clinical seizures within 1 month after treatment) and c

SUBMITTER: Hu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10785375 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature