Microsurgical Free Flap Reconstruction for the Arm or Leg: Hvornår du skal kontakte lægen

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• Same flap monitoring red flags as head/neck lead (color change, swelling, coolness, firmness)
• Acute limb ischemia distal to flap (pale, pulseless, painful, cold foot or hand)
• Compartment syndrome symptoms (severe pain out of proportion, pain with passive stretch, tense swelling)
• Exposed hardware or bone through wound
• Heavy bleeding from flap or wound site
• Sudden increase in pain with swelling (hematoma)
• Fever with wound erythema and drainage (deep infection or osteomyelitis flare)
• Increasing wound drainage
• Persistent low-grade fever
• Donor site wound concerns
• Increasing pain not controlled with prescribed medications
• New numbness or weakness distal to reconstruction
• Difficulty with prescribed dangling protocol (excessive swelling, pain, color change)

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• Navnet på din operation (Microsurgical Free Flap Reconstruction for the Arm or Leg) og datoen for din operation
• Din aktuelle temperatur
• Smerteniveau (0–10) og hvor det er
• Al medicin du har taget de seneste 24 timer
• En beskrivelse af såret (rødme, væske, åbning)