Diaphragmatic pacing is a treatment that improves breathing for people who rely on a mechanical ventilator. It stimulates the phrenic nerve, the nerve in your neck that sends signals to your diaphragm ...

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 says one of its doctors successfully implanted ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. St. Louis has joined a handful of cities nationwide performing a rare and somewhat controversial surgery on a fetus with an ...

Lungpacer Medical announced today that physicians performed the first commercial procedures using its FDA-cleared AeroPace ...

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Sarah Murnaghan had the procedure at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. In a post on Facebook her mother, Janet, said Sarah was now out of surgery and said her doctors told her it "went well." Later ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Schwartz, MD Key Takeaways Paralytic drugs are strong muscle relaxants used during surgery to ...