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. 2023 Sep 11;15(9):e45048. doi: 10.7759/cureus.45048

Table 9. Prevalence of indications, success, and complications rates of TLE in the elderly.

  Year of publication  Number of patients with leads extracted Number of leads extracted Number of patients with infection indication / % Number of patients with non-infection indication /  %  Clinical success rate Procedure success rate Major complication  number / (%) Minor complication number / (%)
Zhou et al. [14] 2021 Non-octogenarian: 922 patients; octogenarian: 184 patients Octogenarian:378 leads; non-octogenarian: 2004 leads Non-octogenarian: 810 (87.8%); octogenarian: 172 (93.5%) Non-octogenarian: 112 (12.2%); octogenarian: 12 (6.5%) Non-octogenarian: 909 (98.6%); octogenarian: 182 (98.9%) Non-octogenarian: 879 (95.3%); octogenarian: 178 (96.7%) Non-octogenarian: 10 (1.1%); octogenarian: 2 (1.1%) Non-octogenarian: 18 (1.9%); octogenarian: 3 (1.6%)
Zabek et al. [24] 2020 Non-octogenarian: 577 patients; octogenarian: 90 patients   Non-octogenarian: 99 (17.1%); octogenarian: 30 (33.3%) Non-octogenarian: 478 (82.9%); octogenarian: 60 (66.7%)   Non-octogenarian: 554 (96%); octogenarian: 88 (97.8%) Non-octogenarian: 9 (1.6%); octogenarian: 0 Non-octogenarian: 9 (1.6%); octogenarian: 2 (2.2%)
Burger et al. [21] 2021 71 152 32 (45.1%) 39 (54.9%) 70 (98.6%) 66 (92.9%) 1 (1.4%) 2 (2.8%)