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

fiestaas1May 5, 2018
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.

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