Patient's generator was found to be at eos and high impedance was observed.System diagnostics were unable to be performed as the generator was pulse disabled.It was reported that the patient was having several seizure due no longer receiving therapy from the battery depletion and high impedance.When opening the chest pocket during surgery, the lead was observed to have tears and kinks.When the generator was pulled from the pocket, the lead was seen to be completely severed.Per hospital policy, the explanted devices were discarded.No additional relevant information has been received to date.
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