Vagal nerve stimulation for refractory epilepsy: The surgical procedure and complications in 100 implantations by a single medical center

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 355-358

  Horowitz, Gilad ^a   Amit, Moran ^a   Fried, Itzhak ^a   Neufeld, Miri Y ^a   Sharf, Liad ^a   Kramer, Uri ^a   Fliss, Dan M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complications; Seizure; Vagal nerve stimulator (VNS)

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSAUTONOMIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVICE REMOVAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84872359788     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-012-2118-0     Document Type: Article

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