Thursday, March 24, 2011

First Diaphragm Procedure Of Its Kind In Arizona - AZhealthspot News Story - KPHO Phoenix

A quadriplegic patient has become the first Arizonan to undergo a new medical procedure that allows him to breathe on his own.

University Medical Center in Tucson said one of its doctors successfully implanted an electrical diaphragm stimulator on a 20-year-old man who suffered a spinal cord injury as a result of a gunshot to the neck.

Doctors at the University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona have successfully implanted an electrical diaphragm stimulator in a quadriplegic patient, allowing the patient to breathe on his own.

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