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Only a few cases of right-sided vagus nerve stimulation in drug-resistant epilepsy have been reported to date.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>An 8-year-old child with drug-resistant epilepsy and a left-sided Port-a-Cath positioned in the left internal jugular vein underwent uneventful insertion of a right-sided vagus nerve stimulator device.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>The vagus nerve stimulator was deactivated due to postoperative cardiac side effects, which subsequently resolved.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>We report the first case of a child with drug resistant epilepsy in whom a right-sided vagus nerve stimulator was deactivated due to postoperative cardiac effects. 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