A Manitoba woman had her right leg amputated after complications following a knee replacement surgery two months earlier.

- The overall quality of evidence supporting interventions to reduce surgical site infection in adult heart surgery is poor. Studies used varying definitions for wound infection, which meant that it ...

A Manitoba woman who finally received a desperately needed knee replacement surgery after a six-year wait says a post-surgery ...

Other risks include infection and blood clots. You are at risk of getting an infection after surgery, such as a wound or chest infection. Tell your doctor or nurse if you have any symptoms of ...

If you’ve ever had surgery, you know firsthand how important it is to keep the wound from getting infected. There are special conductive sutures that sense changes in wound status via electrical ...

After surgery, these wounds are covered with a ... causing painful and often infected wounds. While rare globally, these wounds are more common in South Africa due to long waits for chemotherapy ...

A Manitoba woman suffering from a post-surgery infection says ... who's facing an amputation after a post-operative infection was left to fester and the wound wasn't stitched up.

the wounds (ulcers) it produces can bleed after the procedure. And occasionally the operator may accidentally perforate the wall of the gastrointestinal tract, necessitating emergency surgery.