Regular monitoring: the way to ensure flap healing. Nursing priorities following flap repair and reconstruction surgery
Coull, A.; Wylie, K.
Professional Nurse 6(1): 18-21
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0266-8130 PMID: 1700438 Document Number: 358695
Surgical flap techniques are no longer confined to specialist plastic surgery units, and more nurses are being asked to manage patients following reconstructive surgery. Nursing management involves ensuring the flap's survival and healing.
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