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Case Reports
. 2024 Sep;55(5):448-451.
doi: 10.1055/a-1924-7617. Epub 2022 Oct 27.

[Life-threatening complication caused by a neurostimulator]

[Article in German]
Sara Krüger  1 , Stefanie Thaler  1 , Silvia Clauser  1 , Decio Folchini  1 , Philipp Krause  1 , Lucas Berner  1 , Armin Pycha  1   2 , Salvatore Palermo  1 , Evi Comploj  1 , Emanuela Trenti  1
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[Life-threatening complication caused by a neurostimulator]

[Article in German]
Sara Krüger et al. Aktuelle Urol. 2024 Sep.

Abstract
in English, German

We report on a 66-year-old neuro-urological female patient who, three years after implantation of a neurostimulator, experienced cecal necrosis due to strangulation caused by the cable of the device.

Wir berichten über eine 66-jährige neuro-urologische Patientin, die 3 Jahre nach Implantation eines Neuromodulators aufgrund einer Strangulation durch das Stimulationskabel eine Nekrose des Zäkums erlitt.

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