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Pocket Salvage in Patients with Infected Device Pocket and Limited Vascular Access: A Viable Last Resort?
Author(s) -
WEINER JUSTIN,
GOLDBERGER JEFFREY J.
Publication year - 2011
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.1540-8159.2010.02925.x
Subject(s) - medicine , salvage therapy , vascular access , surgery , intensive care medicine , chemotherapy , hemodialysis
This case study describes a pocket salvage procedure in a patient with a device pocket infection and limited vascular access. This case report also provides a literature review of recent studies addressing the success of pocket salvage procedures in patients not showing any signs of systemic infection. (PACE 2011; 34:e11–e13)