This is the first I’ve really heard of it but I was reading a post on askreddit about things a person would take back if they could, and a surprising number of the answers were “i would’ve not gone into my leg surgery, because afterwards I woke up 15 days later with a TBI and ill never be the same”.
This kinda scared the shit out of me; and I just wanted to know if there’s and actual noticeable risk, or what causes it?
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Not a doctor but a serious complication for surgery is a blood clot which after forming can break away and lodge in some other part of the body such as the brain. DVTs – deep vein thrombosis – are especially prevalent in the legs and often caused by injury to vessels, including from surgery. [Edit: as u/walniw mentions below, this is a rare complication. Talk to your doctor about surgery risks.]
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