The bandage is usually taken off before you are discharged from the hospital. These should be left in place until your doctor takes them off. Avoid vigorous exercise such as heavy lifting, running, or contact sports for six weeks. Monitor your temperature and insertion site, and notify your doctor if you develop a temperature or notice swelling, bleeding, redness, or drainage from your insertion site, or if you feel any of the symptoms you had before the pacemaker was implanted. Risks of Pacemaker Implantation Pacemaker implantation is a safe procedure.
Procedural complications are rare, but do occur.
The lung when punctured can deflate like a balloon. This usually requires insertion of a tube in the side of the chest to reinflate the lung. The lung then heals up in five to seven days. This may require specific treatment. Other risks may apply, depending upon your general condition and other medical conditions that you might have.