title: The usefulness of a stretch-polyester pouch to encase implanted pacemakers and defibrillators.
abstract: This study was undertaken to assess the effects of enclosing permanent pacemaker and ICD pulse generators in a stretch-polyester pouch prior to implantation. Follow-up of 223 patients with oversized pacemakers and with ICDs and 344 with standard-sized pacemaker pulse generators showed that the pouch was effective in decreasing the frequency of pulse generator migration and extrusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, New Jersey 07112.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Parsonnet
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Neglia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Omar
mesh_terms: D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial