Patient age, lead dwell time greater than 1 year, device infection, and laser sheath use are key factors influencing the safety and efficacy of percutaneous lead extraction.
Clinicians should weigh age, lead dwell >1 year, infection, and laser sheath in extraction planning; confirms key outcome determinants via metaregression.
Percutaneous lead extraction is considered a safe and effective procedure, although published results derive primarily from cohort studies. The authors performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of the last 15 years' experience in this field, to give an objective evaluation of the efficacy and safety of this procedure. Moreover, the subsequent metaregression analysis enabled the identification of the main factors influencing these results: patient age, presence of leads in situ for more than 1 year, presence of device infection and use of laser sheath. These findings are significant in order to improve our extraction approach, data reporting and future research.
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