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- Durability of bipolar coaxial endocardial pacemaker leads compared with unipolar leads
Bipolar coaxial leads are preferable to unipolar leads in most aspects. Yet survival of bipolar coaxial leads in long-term follow-up studies seems worse than that of unipolar leads, indicating the need to reevaluate the risk-benefit ratio of the coaxial design.
- Mastectomy with immediate reconstruction: issues and answers
Immediate reconstruction hastens rehabilitation by easing the patient’s psychological burdens.