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The Recessed Chest Wall Pacemaker Pocket
Author(s) -
GIBBONS JAMES A.,
DEVIG PATRICK M.,
AARON BENJAMIN L.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1979.tb05176.x
Subject(s) - medicine , axillary lines , rib cage , cardiac pacing , pouch , surgery , cardiology , anatomy
The recessed chest wall pacemaker pocket. Recurrent pouch problems led to the development of a recessed chest wall pacemaker pocket. Segments of the seventh and eighth ribs were resected in the mid‐axillary the resulting in a “tailor‐made” space suitable for generator implantation, Follow‐up at one year has proven the chest wall to be a satisfactory alternative site for a pacemaker pocket. (PACE, Vol. 2, January‐February, 1879)