Vagus nerve stimulator implantation in children.

Background: Vagus nerve stimulation was approved in 1997 as an adjunctive treatment of partial-onset seizures refractory to medical therapy. Subsequent to the initial clinical trials, few studies have been published specifically addressing perioperative management issues.

Objectives: To review the operative technique and perioperative management of patients undergoing vagus nerve stimulator implantation and to analyze complications and their management.

Tuberculous lymphadenopathy masquerading as a bronchial foreign body.

A case of recent onset of wheezing with clinical and radiologic findings suggestive of foreign body aspiration is presented. Rigid bronchoscopy revealed an extraluminal compression of the airway. Histopathologic and microbiologic examination revealed tuberculous lymphadenopathy.