Endoscopic measurements of free-flap perfusion in the head and neck region using red-excited Indocyanine Green: preliminary results

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1602-1608

  Betz, C S ^a   Zhorzel, S ^a   Schachenmayr, H ^a   Stepp, H ^a   Havel, M ^a   Siedek, V ^a   Leunig, A ^a   Matthias, C ^b   Hopper, C ^c   Harreus, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescence angiography; Free flap; Indocyanine Green; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN; COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FREE ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; FREE RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PERFUSION; GRAFT SALVAGE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UPPER AERODIGESTIVE TRACT; UPPER AERODIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; UPPER AERODIGESTIVE TRACT TUMOR; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; COLORING AGENTS; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 73349111948     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.07.042     Document Type: Article

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