Complete Pocket Resection with Regional Flap Closure for Treatment of Cardiac Implantable Device Infections

摘要

Background:Cardiac implantable electronic device infections are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. There are varied recommendations in the literature about treatment of the wound after extraction of all hardware, but only conservative, time-consuming approaches such as open packing and negative-pressure therapy along with a long interval before reimplanting any hardware have generally been recommended for the treatment.^–