Diseases

Vagus Nerve Injuries

Traumatic injuries to the VAGUS NERVE. Because the vagus nerve innervates multiple organs, injuries in the nerve fibers may result in any gastrointestinal organ dysfunction downstream of the injury site.

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Abstract

Traumatic injuries to the VAGUS NERVE. Because the vagus nerve innervates multiple organs, injuries in the nerve fibers may result in any gastrointestinal organ dysfunction downstream of the injury site.

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53 entry terms
  • Cranial Nerve X Injury
  • Injury, Cranial Nerve X
  • Injury, Tenth Cranial Nerve
  • Tenth Cranial Nerve Injuries
  • Tenth Cranial Nerve Injury
  • Tenth-Nerve Palsy, Traumatic
  • Tenth-Nerve Trauma
  • Traumatic Tenth-Nerve Palsy
  • Vagus Nerve Trauma
  • Vagus Neuropathy, Traumatic
  • Injuries, Vagus Nerve
  • Injury, Vagus Nerve
  • Nerve Injuries, Vagus
  • Nerve Injury, Vagus
  • Nerve Trauma, Vagus
  • Nerve Traumas, Vagus
  • Neuropathies, Traumatic Vagus
  • Neuropathy, Traumatic Vagus
  • Palsies, Traumatic Tenth-Nerve
  • Palsy, Traumatic Tenth-Nerve
  • Tenth Nerve Palsy, Traumatic
  • Tenth Nerve Trauma
  • Tenth-Nerve Palsies, Traumatic
  • Tenth-Nerve Traumas
  • Trauma, Tenth-Nerve
  • Trauma, Vagus Nerve
  • Traumas, Tenth-Nerve
  • Traumas, Vagus Nerve
  • Traumatic Tenth Nerve Palsy
  • Traumatic Tenth-Nerve Palsies
  • Traumatic Vagus Neuropathies
  • Traumatic Vagus Neuropathy
  • Vagus Nerve Injury
  • Vagus Nerve Traumas
  • Vagus Neuropathies, Traumatic
  • Vagus Nerve Avulsion
  • Vagus Nerve Contusion
  • Vagus Nerve Transection
  • Avulsion, Vagus Nerve
  • Avulsions, Vagus Nerve
  • Contusion, Vagus Nerve
  • Contusions, Vagus Nerve
  • Nerve Avulsion, Vagus
  • Nerve Avulsions, Vagus
  • Nerve Contusion, Vagus
  • Nerve Contusions, Vagus
  • Nerve Transection, Vagus
  • Nerve Transections, Vagus
  • Transection, Vagus Nerve
  • Transections, Vagus Nerve
  • Vagus Nerve Avulsions
  • Vagus Nerve Contusions
  • Vagus Nerve Transections

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2012

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Vagus Nerve Injuries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D061223. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D061223
  2. Vagus Nerve Injuries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54927530