Laparoscopic repositioning of a dislocated pacemaker into the rectovesical pouch.

Dislocation of the epicardial pacemaker into the peritoneal cavity is an uncommon but potentially life‐threatening complication. We report a case of a 74 year old with an abdominally implanted epicardial pacemaker that migrated through the peritoneum to the excavatio rectovesicalis. The laparoscopic...

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Published in:Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology Vol. 42; no. 5; pp. 560 - 563
Main Authors: Haj Kheder, Salma, Fehrendt, Stephanie, Moeller, Viviane, Kirchbach, Arndt, Neumann, Klaus, Goetze, Stephan, Butter, Christian
Format: case study diagnostic images pictorial Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell May2019
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