title: Use of an ultrasonic scalpel in the open-heart reoperation of a patient with pacemaker.
abstract: Electrocautery has a potential risk of serious pacemaker dysfunction in patients with implanted pacemaker. Here we present the safe and efficient use of ultrasonic scalpel (Harmonic scalpel) for the first time in a patient with implanted pacemaker undergoing open-heart reoperation.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Ankara Teaching and Research Hospital, Social Security Organisation, Ankara, Turkey. mozeren@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozeren
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Doğan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Düzgün
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yücel
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006327:Heart Block / Q000628:therapy*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012086:Reoperation; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014463:Ultrasonography