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This document provides post-operative care instructions for patients who have undergone fascia lata donor site surgery at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. Key points include keeping the dressing on for 7 days, monitoring for changes in foot color, and scheduling follow-up appointments for stitch removal and wound assessment. Patients are advised to use moisturizing cream and sunblock on the scar for optimal healing and protection.

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REH-055

This document provides post-operative care instructions for patients who have undergone fascia lata donor site surgery at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. Key points include keeping the dressing on for 7 days, monitoring for changes in foot color, and scheduling follow-up appointments for stitch removal and wound assessment. Patients are advised to use moisturizing cream and sunblock on the scar for optimal healing and protection.

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Manchester Royal Eye Hospital

Oculoplastic Services

Information for Patients

Instructions for Care of Fascia Lata Donor Sites


Following Your Operation

 The fascia lata donor site is the area of your leg where the donor material
has been taken from.

 The dressing and bandage on your leg should remain in place for 7 days.
If the bandage falls off it should be reapplied firmly but comfortably.
Please ensure this is kept dry when washing and bathing.

 Please observe your foot for any change in colour and/or pins and
needles. This may suggest that the bandage is too tight. If this is the
case, please contact the hospital immediately for advice on the number
below.

 An appointment will be given to you to attend the hospital approximately


1 week after your operation. The dressing will be removed and the
wound will be assessed at this time.

 The stitches will be removed after 10 days, this is usually carried out at
your doctors’ surgery by the practice nurse and you will need to make
this appointment on discharge from hospital.

 Cream such as E45 or Nivea should be massaged into the area as much
as possible without making it sore. The massage will help to flatten and
fade the scar.

 It is advisable to use a high factor sun cream on the scar, such as total
sun block, as it may be more susceptible to sunburn for the next 2 years as it
takes this long for the grafted site to fully heal. It is advisable that you
continue to use sun block on the graft site after this time and whenever
exposed to strong sunlight.

REH 055 TIG 12/18 Updated: December 2017 Review: December 2019 Page 1 of 2 www.mft.nhs.uk
If you have any questions or are worried about any of this information please
telephone the nurse practitioner on (0161) 276 1234 and ask switch board to
bleep John Cooper on bleep 5235 or Anne Mullett on bleep 5605, Monday –
Friday, 9.00 am - 5.00 pm or contact staff on Ward 55 who are available 24
hours every day on (0161) 276 5512.

The team can be e-mailed with a query at [email protected] or


[email protected].

REH 055 TIG 12/18 Updated: December 2017 Review: December 2019 Page 2 of 2 www.mft.nhs.uk

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