When ‘elective’ doesn’t mean optional: Lloyd Austin’s cancer surgery

Key Facts

• The Pentagon said Austin’s complications were the result of a urinary tract infection and that collections of abdominal fluid had impaired his small intestines.
• Yerram and Trinh, emphasizing that they did not have all the details, said Austin’s complications indicated he had a urinary leak.
• Drainage is the most common way to treat the condition, and the Pentagon said that Austin’s doctors had inserted a tube through his nose to drain his stomach.
• Patients often fully recover in a matter of days or weeks and the Pentagon said that Austin’s infection had cleared and that his doctors anticipated a full recovery.

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