Conversion locked-in syndrome after implantation of a spinal cord stimulator.

Author Department

Anesthesiology; Surgery

Document Type

Article, Peer-reviewed

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The locked-in syndrome is defined as quadriplegia and anarthria (loss of articulate speech) with the preservation of consciousness. It is typically caused by a lesion to the ventral pons. Conversion disorder is the deficit of voluntary motor o

Publication ISSN

0884-8734

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