Airway compromise secondary to vagus nerve stimulator: Case report and implications for otolaryngologists

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 557-559

  Bhatt, Y M ^a   Hans, P S ^a   Belloso, A ^a  

^a ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway Obstruction; Complications; Epilepsy; Vagus Nerve Stimulator; Vocal Cords

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEIZURE; STRIDOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 77952366760     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215109991307     Document Type: Article

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