Treatment of an infected pacemaker pocket with an antimicrobial envelope.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.09.080.
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Abstract
This article reports the successful treatment of an infected permanent pacemaker pocket after pulse generator replacement in an immunosuppressed patient by means of localized surgical revision of the pulse generator pocket and placement of a sustained-release combination antibacterial envelope in the revised pocket.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Atrioventricular Block
- Cutaneous Fistula
- Pacemaker, Artificial
- Prosthesis-Related Infections