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Functional Electrical Stimulation Leads to Increased Volume of the Aged Thyroarytenoid Muscle

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: To reverse sarcopenia and increase the volumes of atrophied laryngeal muscles by functional electrical stimulation (FES) using a minimal invasive surgical procedure in an aged ovine model. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective animal study. METHODS: A stimulation electrode was placed unil...

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Autores principales: Gugatschka, Markus, Jarvis, Jonathan C., Perkins, Justin D., Bubalo, Vladimir, Wiederstein‐Grasser, Iris, Lanmüller, Hermann, Gerstenberger, Claus, Karbiener, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6586045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30284246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lary.27342