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Please explain what are the risks involved in cardiac robotic surgery?
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Same as open surgery: Bleeding, infection, stroke, early graft failure, early valve failure (depending on the indication for surgery), respiratory failure, kidney failure, need for re-operation, allergic reaction, medication side effects, death.
Answered 12/16/2013
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