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Even the best surgical technique can be undone by poor postoperative flap care. Postoperative care includes extremity dressing, extremity positioning in the postoperative period, and aggressive postoperative monitoring.
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Karamanos, E., Julian, BQ., Cromack, D.T. (2021). Postoperative Monitoring and Recovery. In: Comprehensive Atlas of Upper and Lower Extremity Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74232-4_3
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