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After performing a hemorrhoidectomy on an otherwise healthy 29-year-old woman, a recovery nurse calls to report that the patient is complaining of pain in her left buttock and involving her posterior proximal thigh. Upon examination, the patient has an area of skin discoloration described as erythema surrounding a centralized area that is pale and numb. Which measure, if used, would have avoided this complication?

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