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A 30-Year-Old Male Patient Has Just Returned from the Operating

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A 30-year-old male patient has just returned from the operating room after having a flap done following a motorcycle accident. The patients wife asks the nurse about the major complications following this type of surgery. What would be the nurses best response?


A) The major complication is when the patient develops chronic pain.
B) The major complication is when the patient loses sensation in the flap.
C) The major complication is when the pedicle tears loose and the flap dies.
D) The major complication is when the blood supply fails and the tissue in the flap dies.

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