Can a blood clot happen 10 days after breast reduction surgery?

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I’m a 47 years old woman. I had a breast reduction surgery Back in Jun 27th of 2017 and had a massive Stroke 10 days after. My Neurologist says that because of the surgery my blood was inflamed. Is it true or not. I blame myself for doing the elective surgery. I wonder if the doctor should have done something to avoid this! Please help. I’m very devestated.

Robert H. Hunsaker, MD · Answer

The blood clots that typically cause issues after surgery form in the veins. If they break loose they travel to the heart and lungs getting trapped in the lungs. If they break loose. it commonly happens after 4-5 days. Your blood is hypercoagulable (more prone to clotting) for about a month or so after surgery. We don't commonly think of arterial strokes as a real post-op risk of surgery but it would be possible. It is also possible it is totally unrelated and just happened then. There is no way to know. It happened, it's over, hopefully you are pleased with your surgical results, now all you can do is your best to keep living life!

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