Table 1

Incidence of symptomatic venous occlusion in patients with a patent access vein before extraction

		n	Symptomatic		p Value
		n	N	%	p Value
ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; PM, pacemaker.
Extraction technique	Traction	13	0	0	0.58
Extraction technique	Laser	52	5	10	0.58
Indication	Non-functional	28	4	14	0.15
Indication	Infection	37	1	3	0.15
PM/ICD	ICD	14	2	14	0.29
PM/ICD	PM	51	3	6	0.29
Total		65	5	8	–