Conservative Management of Skin Fistula Occurring After Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator Replacement

Skin fistula occurring after cardiac electronic device implantation is frequently related to pocket infection and this condition typically requires removal of device and lead(s). We report on a case of skin fistula occurring 3 weeks after internal cardioverter defibrillator replacement. Conservative...

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Autor principal: Kossaify, Antoine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3290119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22399867
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S8974
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description Skin fistula occurring after cardiac electronic device implantation is frequently related to pocket infection and this condition typically requires removal of device and lead(s). We report on a case of skin fistula occurring 3 weeks after internal cardioverter defibrillator replacement. Conservative management consisted of local care along with oral antibiotics without removal of device; this strategy resulted in complete healing and closure of the fistula.
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spelling pubmed-32901192012-03-07 Conservative Management of Skin Fistula Occurring After Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator Replacement Kossaify, Antoine Clin Med Insights Case Rep Case Report Skin fistula occurring after cardiac electronic device implantation is frequently related to pocket infection and this condition typically requires removal of device and lead(s). We report on a case of skin fistula occurring 3 weeks after internal cardioverter defibrillator replacement. Conservative management consisted of local care along with oral antibiotics without removal of device; this strategy resulted in complete healing and closure of the fistula. Libertas Academica 2012-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3290119/ /pubmed/22399867 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S8974 Text en © the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open access article. Unrestricted non-commercial use is permitted provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Conservative Management of Skin Fistula Occurring After Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator Replacement
title_fullStr Conservative Management of Skin Fistula Occurring After Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator Replacement
title_full_unstemmed Conservative Management of Skin Fistula Occurring After Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator Replacement
title_short Conservative Management of Skin Fistula Occurring After Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator Replacement
title_sort conservative management of skin fistula occurring after internal cardioverter defibrillator replacement
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3290119/
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