Steroid treatment of the painful pacemaker pocket.
Chronic pain about a pacemaker secondary to sterile fibrotic contracture of the capsule is an uncommon but frustrating complication for both the physician and the patient. Three cases of this complication controlled by the late injection of triamcinolone are reported.
D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003286:Contracture / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D014221:Triamcinolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014221:Triamcinolone