Minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgical ablation and hybrid ablation in AF patients: results from a single-arm systematic review and meta-analysis
Fouad Hanna, Ali Dway, Hamza A Abdul-Hafez, Yousef M Husseiny, Ahmed Youssef Hassan, Mazen Negmeldin A Yassin, Basel Saber Hussein Ayoub, Hadeel Jameel Ayesh, Omneya Kandil, Abdelrahman Elgendy, Nada G Hamam, Abdelrahman El-Helbawy · 2026
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Description
Hanna and a large team meta-analyze minimally invasive surgical and hybrid ablation for atrial fibrillation, in a review from twenty twenty-six. Fibrillation is the most common adult heart rhythm disorder and often resists drugs. Surgical ablation through small chest cuts and hybrid epicardial-endocardial ablation are two advanced options. The team pools single-arm studies for both approaches.
Thirty-two studies with over eighteen hundred patients qualify. Complication rates are low and similar for both approaches. Freedom from arrhythmia runs slightly higher after surgical ablation. Operative times, bleeding, death, and stroke show no significant differences. Single versus double setting subgroups also tie. Authors report hybrid time as shorter in conclusions despite overlapping intervals.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Fouad Hanna, Ali Dway, Hamza A Abdul-Hafez, Yousef M Husseiny, Ahmed Youssef Hassan, Mazen Negmeldin A Yassin, Basel Saber Hussein Ayoub, Hadeel Jameel Ayesh, Omneya Kandil, Abdelrahman Elgendy, Nada G Hamam, Abdelrahman El-Helbawy |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 61 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |