Penrose drain

Fig. 4.29 Use of the right iliac vein for placement of pacemaker leads. The leads are nltimately tunneled using a Penrose drain to a pocket created in the right upper quadrant. (From EUestad MH, French J. Iliac vein approach to permanent pacemaker implantation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1989 12(7Pt 1) 1030-1033, with permission.)...

Fig. 4.55 A The lead is placed and secured in a Penrose drain. B The lead and Penrose drain are grasped by a clamp and pulled from a donor site to the recipient wound. (From Belott PH, Reynolds DW. Permanent pacemaker implantation. In Ellenbogen KA, Kay N, WiUcoff BL, eds. Clinical cardiac pacing. Philadelphia WB Saunders, 1995, with permission.)...

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