Minimally invasive method to activate the expiratory muscles to restore cough.
CONCLUSION: SCS via wire leads, which can be implanted using minimally invasive techniques, may provide a new useful method to restore an effective cough and possibly reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with respiratory tract infections in patients with SCI.
PMID: 29017400 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Spinal Cord Med Source Type: research
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