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Mason Woods, 23, A Winnipeg man is in critical condition after complications from a tooth removal, his mother said.
Angela Steele said her son Woods had a wisdom tooth extracted on Feb. 27.
He was sent home with Tylenol 3s adding that several days later he went back to the oral surgeon because of the pain.
“I really wasn’t aware that it could get to this stage where they would be cutting holes in his skull and he could be laying on life-support. I just wasn’t aware that that was a possibility from one little tooth. It was just one little tooth,” his mother said.
Steele says he was put on antibiotics, had a “cleanup” procedure and another oral surgery to remove the infection, and then had to have part of his skull removed to reduce swelling.
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority released the following statement in response to questions about Woods’ case:
“We are devastated to hear about the experience of this patient and his family. All surgeries, including dental surgeries, do carry a small risk of infection and it seems that in this case, the infection had progressed to become quite severe. We are doing everything we can to provide this patient with the care he needs in hospital right now.
We will not discuss the details of his case publicly but we have reached out to his family and would like to continue to work with them and offer whatever support we can to them at this time.
We urge all families and patients who are concerned about the care they receive or persistent symptoms to address those with their care team at any time.
The office of the chief medical officer for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority will be reviewing the timeline of this patients’ care and will follow up with family to discuss what they’ve learned.”
Agencies/Canadajournal
