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I have a 77 yr old female patient whom i corrected her bunion and two hammertoes and one week after surgery she had a stroke. She was cleared by her PCP to have surgery. Has this happened to anyone else? What is your opinion/recommendation?
Thanks
Mike

 

Was the stroke embolic or hemoragic? Emboli are more common when folks move around a lot less, for example post foot surgery.

Eric

 

M.E.

Given the information you supplied it would be only conjecture on our part to suggest a correlation.
If you can supply the forum with information such as her general health, past medical history, medications, etc.... perhaps we can evaluate this better.

Steve

 

I`m sure there were many 77 year olds who had a stroke that same day, most not recovering from foot surgery !