The usefulness of a stretch-polyester pouch to encase implanted pacemakers and defibrillators.
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.
Parsonnet
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Department of Surgery, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, New Jersey 07112.
Bernstein
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Neglia
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Omar
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D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial