Revision and removal of stimulating electrodes following long-term therapy with the vagus nerve stimulator

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 659-664

  Espinosa, Jose ^a   Aiello, Mary T ^a   Naritoku, Dean K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Neurocybernetic prosthesis; Seizures; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033013708     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(99)00046-4     Document Type: Article

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