The surgery lasts for many hours and in this time the team have to drain the patient’s blood repeatedly to give them enough time to remove the fibrous material. But once the clot has been ...

The 67-year-old Charles Mwandi recuperating after undergoing brain surgery at Kapsabet County ... a medical condition caused by a blood clot in the brain. He needed an emergency evacuation ...

According to hospital blood bank data and patient medical records, 7.6% of those who received hypovolemic phlebotomy (17 of 223) had blood transfusions in the 30 days after surgery compared to 16. ...

Removing 10 per cent of a patient’s blood before major liver surgery and giving it back afterwards reduced transfusions by half, according to a large clinical trial published in The Lancet ...

A medical device company developing technology to improve outcomes for stroke patients will begin enrollment for a new ...

A woman who had weight loss surgery in Turkey died of a blood clot after she spent nearly two days sitting in an overcrowded emergency department, an inquest was told. Erin Dennis, 26, collapsed ...

Deion Sanders is “doing great” after undergoing surgery on Friday, his girlfriend Tracey Edmonds shared on social media. Sanders had a medical procedure to repair a blood clot in his groin.

like after surgery, in pregnancy, or when you're sitting during a long trip. When that happens, you may be at risk for deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, when a blood clot forms in a vein, usually deep ...

Patients who receive a heart valve replacement are well-known to be at a high risk for stroke, blood clots and deep vein thrombosis, especially during the weeks immediately after surgery. Current ...