Postoperative assessment of free skin flap viability by transcutaneous pO2 measurement using dynamic phosphorescence imaging

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 11-18

  Geis, S ^a   Schreml, S ^a   Lamby, P ^a   Obed, A ^a   Jung, E M ^a   Nerlich, M ^a   Babilas, P ^a   Szeimies, R M ^a   Prantl, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free flaps; Luminescence lifetime imaging; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PERFUSION; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOSPHORESCENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; SKIN FLAP; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449107019     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2009-1217     Document Type: Article

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