Subpectoral Relocation Method for Treating the Exposed Well Functioning Cardiac Pacemaker [Report of One Case]

피부괴사로 노출된 인공 심박동기 치험 1

Exposure of the cardiac pacemaker is still a difficult problem associated with high morbidity. Grossly infected pacemaker systems had been required removal and insertion of a new system. It would highly desirable to develop a new method that could salvage an exposed well functioning unit because cardiac pacemaker is very expensive. We have experienced one patient with exposed well functioning cardiac pacemaker, which was relocated to contralateral subpectoral pocket and healed without complication. This relocation of the pacemaker to subpectoral pocket is less simple, expensive and should be considered as an alternative to complete replacement of unit.