A multicenter 3-year experience suggests that using a stylet for lead extraction is effective and associated with a low complication rate.
May support stylet use in lead extraction; leaves open need for randomized trials to guide practice.
The experience with this extraction stylet for lead removal has shown good results. Despite a low complication rate thus far, each case for lead removal should be judged on the individual basis of benefit-to-risk ratio.
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