Abdominal vagus nerve stimulation as a new therapeutic approach to prevent postoperative ileus

Electrical stimulation of the cervical vagus nerve (VNS) prevents postoperative ileus (POI) in mice. As this approach requires an additional cervical procedure, we explored the possibility of peroperative abdominal VNS in mice and human.

Publication year:2017

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