A 30-year-old male patient has just returned from the operating room after having a "flap" done after a motorcycle accident. The patient's wife asks you what the major complication is in this type of surgery
What would be the nurse's best response?
A) "The major complication is when the patient gets a pulmonary embolus."
B) "The major complication is when the patient gets a DVT."
C) "The major complication is when the pedicle tears loose and the flap dies."
D) "The major complication is when the blood supply in the pedicle fails and the tissue in the flap dies."
Ans: D
Feedback: The major complication is necrosis of the pedicle or base as a result of failure of the blood supply. Therefore options A, B, and C are incorrect.
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