Groin flap coverage for an infant's exposed cardiac pacemaker in complete heart block.
A laterally based groin flap was used to provide soft tissue coverage for an exposed cardiac pacemaker power source in the abdomen of an 11-week-old child born with complete heart block. We have found no previous report of usage of this flap in this manner.
D005260:Female; D006119:Groin; D006327:Heart Block / Q000151:congenital / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*