Retroperitoneal placement of an ICD generator: a solution for a difficult problem.

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol

Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

Published: January 1996

A woman experienced multiple episodes of pocket erosion after placement of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator culminating in a pocket infection. The device was placed in a retroperitoneal location, and the patient has not developed further episodes of pocket erosion or infection. Interrogation of the device in this position and its subsequent replacement have been straightforward.

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