Entire Removal of Screw-In Pacing Leads 3 Years after Implantation
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Entire Removal of Screw-In Pacing Leads 3 Years after Implantation
OBJECTIVE To report that screw-in type pacing leads can be removed by screw retraction even after a significant anchoring period. PATIENT A 78-year-old woman who visited our hospital for skin erosion over a pacemaker that had been implanted 3 years previously and had migrated from the subclavicular area to the axilla. METHODS Culture revealed a local staphylococcus infection. We placed a ne...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Rural Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1880-4888,1880-487X
DOI: 10.2185/jrm.6.35