Subpectoral implantation of the vagus nerve stimulator

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Bauman, Joel A ^a   Ridgway, Emily B ^b   Devinsky, Orrin ^a   Doyle, Werner K ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Child; Cosmesis; Electrodes implanted; Epilepsy therapy; Pectoralis muscles; Vagus nerve physiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULSE GENERATOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33646188299     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000208975.19581.8A     Document Type: Review

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