how long do you stay in the hospital after open heart surgery
You will typically stay in the hospital from 3 to 8 days after open-chest bypass surgery. The amount of time you stay varies and will depend on your health before bypass surgery and whether complications develop from surgery. After discharge, recovery at home takes 4 to 6 weeks. More than 90 people out of 100 who have a bypass are still alive 5 years after surgery. 2  How long a bypass lasts depends on how long the blood vessel grafts stay open. 3  The risk of needing another operation gets higher each year after your surgery. 4  After 5 years, about 2 out of 100 people need another surgery.