Near infrared spectroscopy for monitoring flap viability following breast reconstruction

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 149-154

  Whitaker, Iain S ^a,b,c   Pratt, George F ^b   Rozen, Warren Matthew ^b   Cairns, Scott A ^a,d   Barrett, Matthew David ^a   Hiew, Leong Yoon ^a   Cooper, Mark A C S ^a   Leaper, David J ^d  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

free flap; monitoring; perforator flap; reconstructive surgery

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 84859108136     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1296030     Document Type: Article

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