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Reduction of Pacemaker Pressure Symptoms Using Nonantigenic Preserved Human Dermis Grafts
Author(s) -
RUDOLPH ROSS,
SMITH MICHAEL,
CURTIS GUY
Publication year - 2007
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.1540-8159.2007.00665.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermis , reduction (mathematics) , human skin , surgery , dermatology , pathology , geometry , mathematics , biology , genetics
Skin pressure symptoms can occur in thin patients with pacemakers, with erosion through the skin surface a possibility. To correct this problem without device removal, two patients had nonantigenic preserved human dermis grafts placed over their pacemakers. This acellular nonantigenic human dermal substitute provided significant thickness over the devices and improvement in pressure symptoms.