Medical device complications

• Insulin infusion device complication
• Intrathecal drug delivery systems complication
• Vagal nerve stimulator complication
• Bladder/Sacral nerve stimulators complication
• Deep brain stimulator complication
• Gastric pacemaker complication

Phrenic nerve/diaphragmatic stimulators complication

• Implanted into bilateral phrenic nerves to treat rerspiratory insufficiency from poor diaphragmatic motion

Complications

1. Pneumothorax (early after implantation)
2. Infection
3. Wire Migration
4. Drive malfunction (causing diaphragmatic paralysis)

See Also

• Tracheostomy complications
• Pacemaker complication