Table 4.
Primary concern | Sample | Conservative therapy | Operative therapy |
Lack of benefit | 325 | Stimulation adjusted: 160 Medication: 3 System check: 7 | Explant: 22 Replacement: 17 Pocket revision: 3 |
Pain or discomfort | 97 | Stimulation adjusted: 34 Medication: 4 System check: 2 | Explant: 8 Replacement: 1 Pocket revision: 7 |
Lead problem | 70 | Stimulation adjusted: 3 System check: 2 | Explant: 1 Replacement: 36 |
Programming problems | 30 | Stimulation adjusted: 11 | Replacement: 1 |
The most commonly described corrective actions are listed for key concerns addressed in the narratives. Limited or lacking information accounts for the differences between total sample size of the subgroups defined by their primary concerns.