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> Also "some implants" are exempt from showing efficacy in clinical trials under HDE for cases in which the patient would have died anyway (e.g. pacemakers).

How about if the implant kills the patient?

There was a local story today about a pacemaker where the electrode had failed and he was defibrilated 47 times during 3 hours before the battery ran out.

parent tjoff 8 years ago

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