A surgical strike against bacteria
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Aquatic Resources Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing Denmark France Greece Ireland Italy Portugal Spain Sweden United Kingdomdate: 17/11/2016
Project: NOMORFILM
Project coordinator: FUNDACION PRIVADA INSTITUTO DE SALUD GLOBAL BARCELONA
See also: CORDIS
Ángel, from Barcelona, had his knee joint replaced with a metallic prosthesis. At first, it seemed the routine operation went well – but complications quickly became obvious.
“Three to four days after the surgery, the knee didn’t improve – it got worse: bad inflammation, pus, black spots around the wound. The doctors found it had got infected during the implantation of the prosthesis,” Angel told Euronews.