title: [Permanent cardiac stimulation: evaluation of a 10-year experience].
abstract: This 10-year prospective follow-up study (1978-1988) covers 430 patients who received 463 permanent pacemakers in a regional hospital. One cardiologist established the indication for implantation and a general surgeons' team performed the operation. Mortality was very low (0.5%). Among the local complications (6.2%), infection was the most dangerous and often required repeated surgery or even removal of the entire pacing system.
authors.affiliation: Département de chirurgie, Hôpital des Cadolles, Neuchâtel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Groebli
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Jornod
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tschantz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011446:Prospective Studies
vernacular_title: La stimulation cardiaque permanente: bilan d'une expérience de dix ans.