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Pacemaker failure during transurethral resection of the prostate
Author(s) -
KELLOW N. H.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1993.tb06852.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diathermy , resection , transurethral resection of the prostate , prostate , electrosurgery , prostatectomy , surgery , urology , cancer
Summary A case is described of the intra‐operative failure of an implanted pacemaker during transurethral prostatic resection caused by a diathermy‐related increase in capture threshold which coincided with massive haemorrhage from the operative site.