[Surgical treatment of septicemia after pacemaker implantation: a case report of removal of infected lead under median sternotomy].
A 73-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of septicemia associated with infection of an old retained pacemaker lead and a reimplanted pacemaker system. After general condition was recovered, the pacemaker system was removed and then the retained pacemaker lead was removed through median sternotomy. Then a new pacemaker system was implanted using myocardial leads. The postoperative course was uneventful.
Nishimoto
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M
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ohsaka Medical University, School of Medicine, Japan.
Hasegawa
S
S
Morimoto
T
T
Asada
K
K
Sasaki
S
S
D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*