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Published in: Surgery Today 11/2015

01-11-2015 | Case Report

Recurrent intractable hiccups treated by cervical phrenic nerve block under electromyography: report of a case

Authors: Young Jo Sa, Dae Heon Song, Jae Jun Kim, Young Du Kim, Chi Kyung Kim, Seok Whan Moon

Published in: Surgery Today | Issue 11/2015

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Abstract

Intractable or persistent hiccups require intensive or invasive treatments. The use of a phrenic nerve block or destructive treatment for intractable hiccups has been reported to be a useful and discrete method that might be valuable to patients with this distressing problem and for whom diverse management efforts have failed. We herein report a successful treatment using a removable and adjustable ligature for the phrenic nerve in a patient with recurrent and intractable hiccups, which was employed under the guidance of electromyography.
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Metadata
Title
Recurrent intractable hiccups treated by cervical phrenic nerve block under electromyography: report of a case
Authors
Young Jo Sa
Dae Heon Song
Jae Jun Kim
Young Du Kim
Chi Kyung Kim
Seok Whan Moon
Publication date
01-11-2015
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Surgery Today / Issue 11/2015
Print ISSN: 0941-1291
Electronic ISSN: 1436-2813
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-014-1074-2

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