Technical Note & Surgical Technique
Cosmetic procedure for vagus nerve stimulationAuthor links open overlay panel,
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Highlights
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Infection could result in the need to remove the cable, electrode and battery in the patients with vagus nerve stimulation (VNS).
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To prevent an infection, we make a cosmetic procedure with differing the conventional technique.
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Anchoring of cable tie-down is fixed the inside of sternocleidmastoid and back side of omohyoid muscle.
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Cosmetic techniques have some advantages over routine anchoring of the tie-down for the fixed VNS electrode.
Keywords
Vagus nerve stimulation
Cosmetic surgery
Technique
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