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Tell Patients About Donor-Site Morbidity.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. -- Tell patients that they may experience long-term donor-site morbidity when fascia lata is harvested for use in pelvic reconstructive surgery, Maj. Andrew J. Walter, MC, USAF, recommended.
That advice is based on the results of a retrospective chart review and patient questionnaire of 71 women who underwent harvesting of a 24-by-3-cm graft of fascia lata from the lateral thigh before pelvic reconstructive surgery he said at the annual meeting of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons.
At a mean follow-up of 25 months, 46% of patients reported long-term morbidity at the donor site, ...
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