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My sister is having laser heart surgery! is this surgery dangerous?

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Dr. Jesus Yap answered

Not risk free but...: Although laser ablation is a minimally invasive procedure to treat atrial fib,it still carry risk inherent in any surgery such as bleeding,infection etc.But the risk is certainly much less than open heart procedure. Usual hospital stay is a day or two

Answered 10/4/2014

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