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Steroid Treatment of the Painful Pacemaker Pocket
Author(s) -
KRATZ JOHN M.,
CAMPBELL WILLIAM C.,
LEMAN ROBERT B.,
HARVIN J. SHAND
Publication year - 1984
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.1540-8159.1984.tb04862.x
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , triamcinolone acetonide , surgery , contracture , capsule , anesthesia , biology , botany
Chronic pain about a pacemaker secondary to sterile fibrotic contracture of the capsule is an uncommon but frustrating complication for both the physician and the patient. Three cases of this complication controlled by the late injection of triamcinolone are reported.