Complete removal of vagus nerve stimulator generator and electrodes: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-194

  Ortler, Martin ^a   Unterhofer, Claudia ^a   Dobesberger, Judith ^a   Haberlandt, Edda ^a   Trinka, Eugen ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; NeuroCybernetic prosthesis; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERATOR; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VAGUS NERVE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 76149102202     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.9.PEDS0810     Document Type: Article

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