Diaphragm pacing: Surgical techniques

Diaphragm pacing.

Diaphragm pacing in ventilatory failure.

Diaphragm pacing, which entails electrical stimulation to the phrenic nerve, is an effective means of managing patients with ventilatory insufficiency and intact lowermotor-neurone innervation of the diaphragm. The pacing apparatus is used to pace the right and left hemidiaphragms alternately to avoid fatigue, which may damage the muscle irreversibly. Among the important benefits of pacing in q...

Clinical advances in diaphragm pacing.

Diaphragmatic pacing is a valuable tool that can significantly benefit certain patients with respiratory insufficiency provided they have an intact phrenic nerve and a functional diaphragm. Careful patient selection is critical to successful long-term results. The main populations that derive benefit from pacing include those with congenital or acquired central hypoventilation syndrome and more...

Diaphragm pacing restores olfaction in tetraplegia.

High cervical spinal cord injuries induce extreme handicap and tactile isolation. Tracheotomised tetraplegic patients are also bound to be olfaction deprived. By restoring negative pressure inspiration, diaphragm pacing (DP) should improve olfaction. We tested olfaction in 10 consecutive tetraplegics during positive pressure mechanical ventilation and DP, using the University of Pennsylvania Sm...

Electric ventilation: indications for and technical aspects of diaphragm pacing stimulation surgical implantation.

OBJECTIVE Patients with high cervical spinal cord injury are usually dependent on mechanical ventilation support, which, albeit life saving, is associated with complications and decreased life expectancy because of respiratory infections. Diaphragm pacing stimulation (DPS), sometimes referred to as electric ventilation, induces inhalation by stimulating the inspiratory muscles. Our objective wa...