Surgery Complications
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Black children more likely to die after surgery than white children: studyA new U.S. study has found that Black kids are more likely to die from complications after surgery than their white counterparts.HealthJul 20, 2020
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Deadliest place for surgery patients isn’t the operating room, study findsSurgery patients are more likely to develop deadly complications while they're recovering in hospital or after they go home.HealthJul 30, 2019
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Man’s chest ignites during open-heart surgeryDoctors at an Australian hospital had to put out a fire in a man's chest after medical equipment ignited during surgery.HealthJun 3, 2019
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Canadian surgeons more likely to leave sponges, knives inside patientsThe amount of foreign objects, such as a sponge or a scalpel, left in a person after surgery in Canada is one of the highest in the world, according to a report.CanadaJun 29, 2017
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