Laparoscopic-assisted retrieval of migrated intra-abdominal pacemaker generator

Pediatr Cardiol. 2011 Dec;32(8):1196-8. doi: 10.1007/s00246-011-9972-1. Epub 2011 Apr 12.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen*
  • Atrioventricular Block / therapy
  • Child, Preschool
  • Device Removal / methods*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / surgery*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy
  • Male
  • Pacemaker, Artificial*