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A safe operation is defined as a predictable procedure which can be performed with minimal risk at an optimal time in the natural history of the particular disease, and which gives optimal long-term benefit to the patient.
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Deverall, P.B. (1981). Congenital heart disease. In: Longmore, D.B. (eds) Towards Safer Cardiac Surgery. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8048-8_3
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