Laryngopharyngeal dysfunction from the implant vagal nerve stimulator

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-225

  Zalvan, Craig ^a,c   Sulica, Lucian ^b   Wolf, Steven ^a   Cohen, Jeffrey ^a   Gonzalez Yanes, Omar ^a   Blitzer, Andrew ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Vagal nerve stimulator, dysphonia, paresis, paralysis, larynx

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEVICE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; IMPLANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX MUSCLE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; MALE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGUS NERVE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 0037312868     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200302000-00005     Document Type: Article

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