Vagus nerve stimulation for chronic intractable hiccups

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 935-937

  Payne, Bryan Rankin ^a   Tiel, Robert Lyons ^a   Payne, Mary Say ^a   Fisch, Bruce ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional neurosurgery; Hiccup; Vagus stimulation

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BUTORPHANOL TARTRATE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DOMPERIDONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PAPAVERINE; TIZANIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRUSH TRAUMA; DEVICE; HICCUP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NERVE BLOCK; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VAGUS NERVE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HICCUP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 20144366615     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.5.0935     Document Type: Article

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