Surgery
Volume 148, Issue 4 , Pages 893-898 , October 2010

Multicenter analysis of diaphragm pacing in tetraplegics with cardiac pacemakers: Positive implications for ventilator weaning in intensive care units

Presented at Central Surgical 2010, March 10–13, 2010, Chicago, Illinois.

  • Raymond P. Onders, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Raymond P. Onders, MD, Department of Surgery, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106.
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  • Saeid Khansarinia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, GA
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  • Todd Weiser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
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  • Cynthia Chin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
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  • Eric Hungness, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • Nathaniel Soper, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • Alberto DeHoyos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • Tim Cole, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center, Lincoln, NE
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  • Christopher Ducko, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

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 Case Western Reserve University, Dr Raymond Onders, and University Hospitals Case Medical Center have intellectual property rights involved with the diaphragm pacing system and equity in Synapse Biomedical who manufactures the device.

PII: S0039-6060(10)00370-3

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.07.008

Surgery
Volume 148, Issue 4 , Pages 893-898 , October 2010

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