A 30-year-old mother of one has died after complications from surgery to put silicon padding into her butt.
Katherine Castano Orozco of Cali, Colombia, died from thrombophlebitis
20 days after the operation. The condition typically occurs in the legs
when a blood clot blocks one or more veins. The vein becomes inflamed
by the blood clot, and may become warm or tender.
Surgery, trauma and prolonged activity are all causes of thrombophlebitis, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Orozco had been bleeding, which increased over time, before her relatives realized something was seriously wrong.