Delayed onset of vocal cord paralysis after explantation of a vagus nerve stimulator in a child

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 261-263

  Vassilyadi, M ^a,b   Strawsburg, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infection; Intractable epilepsy; Pediatrics; Vagus nerve stimulation; Vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFALEXIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DIET THERAPY; EXPLANT; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0038078548     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0722-4     Document Type: Article

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