Article Document Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Entity Entity Review Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-09T01:46:11 RDF description of Free flap donor-site complications and management [review] - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn31443 Adverse Effects review Communication 35952 1 <p>Free flap harvest will occasionally result in donor-site complications and morbidity. Most of these complications are managed simply without producing lingering effects on activities of daily living. However, some patients will sustain limb weakness, gait issues, chronic pain, and nonhealing wounds. Frank preoperative discussion between surgeon and patient is essential to maximize postoperative outcome and manage expectations. Fastidious surgical technique will help minimize the risks of hematoma, seroma, and infection, while newer techniques can help prevent some issues with wound healing, limb weakness, and sensory changes. In this article, we describe the rates of common and rare complications at free flap donor sites, as well as techniques to prevent and manage them.<p> 10.1055/s-0042-1759795 37 public document-rn31443 Surgery 2023-03-02T21:31:05.278-06:00 20956 Seminars in Plastic Surgery Free flap donor-site complications and management [review]