• 1. Department of Neurology, second ward, the First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical College, Haikou 570100, China;
  • 2. Department of Neurology, Leshan Geriatric Hospital, Leshan 614900, China;
LI Qifu, Email: lee-chief@163.com
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Objective To systematically evaluate the effect of repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in treating epilepsy.Methods The randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of rTMS for epilepsy and related diseases were collected from PubMed, EMbase, Cochrane Library, CBM, CNKI, VIP, and Wanfang databases by computer. The retrieval time was from establishment to June 2019. Two researchers independently screened the literature, extracted the data and evaluated the deviation risks of the included studies. RevMan5.3 software was used for Meta analysis.Results A total of 21 RCTs were included, including 1 587 patients. The results showed that rTMS assisted antiepileptics drugs (AEDs) could improve the effective rate of epilepsy treatment [RR=1.28, 95% CI (1.19, 1.37)], significantly reduced HAMA, HAMD and NFDS scores in the treatment of patients with epilepsy combined with anxiety and depression [MD=−3.94, 95% CI (−4.25, −3.63)], and improve DQ and GMFM-88 scores in children with cerebral palsy combined with epilepsy [MD=7.95, 95% CI (7.00, 8.90)]. In addition, using rTMS will not cause additional adverse reaction [peto OR=0.52, 95% CI (0.31, 0.84)].Conclusions The current evidence showed that rTMS combined AEDs can improve the efficient of AEDs therapy. When treat anxiety depression comorbidity, it can significantly reduce the anxiety depression score. In addition in children with cerebral palsy merger, it can improve muscle strength and development. And rTMS will not cause additional adverse reactions. Limited by the quantity and quality of the selected studies, the conclusions need to be verified by more high-quality studies.

Citation: TONG Jingyi, LI Changxuan, LIU Yonghong, LIU Hui, MA Lin, LI Qifu. Systematic evaluation and meta-analysis of repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation for epilepsy. Journal of Epilepsy, 2019, 5(5): 338-350. doi: 10.7507/2096-0247.20190055 Copy

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