The use of visible light spectroscopy to measure tissue oxygenation in free flap reconstruction

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 397-402

  Cornejo, Agustin ^a,b   Rodriguez, Thomas ^a,b   Steigelman, Megan ^b   Stephenson, Stacy ^a,b   Sahar, David ^a,b   Cohn, Stephen M ^b   Michalek, Joel E ^a   Wang, Howard T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

free flap monitoring; free flap reconstruction; postoperative monitoring; Visible light spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE OXYGENATION; VISIBLE LIGHT SPECTROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052034520     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1281521     Document Type: Review

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