Retroperitoneal placement of an ICD generator: a solution for a difficult problem.
A woman experienced multiple episodes of pocket erosion after placement of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator culminating in a pocket infection. The device was placed in a retroperitoneal location, and the patient has not developed further episodes of pocket erosion or infection. Interrogation of the device in this position and its subsequent replacement have been straightforward.
DeFilippi
V J
VJ
Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Gottlieb
L
L
Bump
T
T
Ferguson
M K
MK
D000328:Adult; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery