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The Salvage of Infected Cardiac Pacemaker Pockets Using a Closed Irrigation System
Author(s) -
HURST L.N.,
EVANS H.B.,
WINDLE B.,
KLEIN G.J.
Publication year - 1986
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.1540-8159.1986.tb06628.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , tobramycin , debridement (dental) , permanent pacemaker , anesthesia , cardiology , antibiotics , gentamicin , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Over a period of 71 months, 19 patients were treated for infected or eroded permanent pacemaker pockets. All cases were treated with local debridement and insertion of a closed irrigation system using a solution of tyloxapol and tobramycin. Successful eradication of the infection, without complete replacement of the pacemaker system, was achieved in all cases.