title: Skin cover for exposed cardiac pacemakers.
abstract: Skin flap cover of exposed cardiac pacemakers in 3 patients was successful in 2. In the third, repeated plastic surgical procedures enabled the patient to have the continuous use of his pacemaker for nearly a year.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous