Vagal nerve stimulator implantation: An otolaryngologist's perspective

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-51

  Ghanem, Tamer ^a   Early, Stephen V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; EPILEPSY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PETIT MAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGISMUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33745375817     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.02.037     Document Type: Article

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