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JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
卷 96, 期 5, 页码 949-951出版社
AMER ASSOC NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.96.5.0949
关键词
vocal cord; epilepsy; paralysis; vagus nerve stimulation
Vagus nerve stimulation for treatment of epilepsy is considered safe; reports of severe complications are rare. The authors report on two developmentally disabled patients who experienced vocal cord paralysis weeks after placement of a vagus nerve stimulator. In both cases, traction injury to the vagus nerve resulting in vocal cord paralysis was caused by rotation of the pulse generator at the subclavicular pocket by the patient. Traumatic vagus nerve injury caused by patients tampering with their device has never been reported and may be analogous to a similar phenomenon reported for cardiac pacemakers in the literature. As the use of vagus nerve stimulation becomes widespread it is important to consider the potential for this adverse event.
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