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Published in: Pediatric Cardiology 8/2011

01-12-2011 | Case Report

Laparoscopic-Assisted Retrieval of Migrated Intra-Abdominal Pacemaker Generator

Authors: Dragan Kravarusic, Lohfa Chirdan, Enrique Freud

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 8/2011

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Abstract

A 5-year-old boy born with a congenital heart defect had insertion of an epicardial pacemaker that was found on routine evaluation to have been displaced into the rectovesical pouch. He underwent transvenous insertion of another pacemaker, and the displaced pacemaker was successfully retrieved by laparoscopy without incident.
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Metadata
Title
Laparoscopic-Assisted Retrieval of Migrated Intra-Abdominal Pacemaker Generator
Authors
Dragan Kravarusic
Lohfa Chirdan
Enrique Freud
Publication date
01-12-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 8/2011
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-011-9972-1

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