Traumatic Perforation of a Pacemaker Generator into the Abdominal Cavity
Journal Title: Journal of Cardiobiology - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
We report a case of a pacemaker generator of an epicardial system migrated into the abdominal cavity due to a traffic accident and its subsequent retrieval with a laparoscopic technique in an adult patient. The retrieval of the dislocated pacemaker proceeded without any incident. The pacemaker generator was placed in a parasternal subpectoral pocket on the left chest wall, which makes another perforation highly impossible.
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Christoph Starck
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