DIAPHRAGMATIC BATTERY APPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Aydin Şanlı · Toraks Cerrahisi Bulteni · 2014
A diaphragmatic pacemaker system is applied to patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with chronic respiratory failure, central alveolar hypoventilation and spinal cord injury.There exist two main application principles: directly, or by the stimulation of the phrenic nerve.Electrical stimulation of the diaphragm occurs via muscle motor neurons.Direct stimulation of the phrenic nerve is performed via the thorax, while diaphragm stimulation is done laparoscopically.In this article, the advantages and disadvantages of these two principles and practices are discussed.