A patient is having a surgical procedure done to promote peripheral tissue perfusion in an extremity with full-thickness circumferential burns.What term should the nurse use to document this procedure?

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If the patient has a circumferential burn an increase in tissue pressure secondary to tissue edema occurs.The burn then acts like a tourniquet,impeding arterial and venous flow.An escharotomy is immediately necessary to relieve this pressure.An escharotomy is a linear excision through the eschar to the superficial fat that allows for expansion of the skin and return of blood flow.A.Excision refers to cutting something out.B.A skin graft places new skin over a burn site.C.Débridement removes dead tissue.

A Patient Is Having a Surgical Procedure Done to Promote