Ventilatory support of the quadriplegic patient with respiratory paralysis by diaphragm pacing.

Respiratory paralysis associated with quadriplegia has been successfully treated for the past 10 years by electrical stimulation of the phrenic nerves to pace the diaphragm. On the basis of extensive laboratory and clinical experience, the surgical techniques for applying the diaphragm pacemaker and the electrical parameters employed for pacing have recently been modified and applied clinically.

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