Takahashi Tetsuya, Matsuoka Nobuhiro, Ohshima Takashi, Uchihashi Yoshitaka, Satoh Tetsuo
Department of Anesthesiology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa 359-8513.
Masui. 2004 Jan;53(1):44-7.
It has been reported that a unipolar pacemaker is more sensitive to electromagnetic interference (EMI) than a bipolar pacemaker. However, we experienced cases in which electrosurgery device interfered with a bipolar pacemaker, but not with a unipolar pacemaker during TUR-P. It has been suggested that EMI occurs to a bipolar pacemaker depending on sensitivity and electric resistance of a patient.