Although surgery is often a life-saving measure, it can also result in infection. If painful skin lesions develop up to a couple of weeks after surgery, it is possible the former patient has developed a rare condition known as Meleney's gangrene. This occurs most often after thoracic and abdominal procedures and develops from a mix of bacterial infections, including Staphylococcus aureas. Pain is the most significant symptom of this kind of gangrene, and it does not generally lead to wide-spread toxicity.

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