Early Detection of Flap Failure Using a New Thermographic Device

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-21

  Tenorio, Xavier ^a   Mahajan, Ajay L ^a   Wettstein, Reto ^a   Harder, Yves ^a   Pawlovski, Marek ^b   Pittet, Brigitte ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Advanced BioPhotonics   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic infrared thermography; free flap; microsurgery; monitoring; perforator flap; vessel occlusion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DYNAMIC INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PERFORATOR FLAP; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOGRAPHY; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BODY TEMPERATURE; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; INFRARED RAYS; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL FLAPS; THERMOGRAPHY; THORAX; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 57149094316     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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