Near-infrared spectroscopy measures tissue oxygenation in free flaps for breast reconstruction

Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 May;121(5):344e-345e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31816b11e5.

Authors

Amy S Colwell¹, Leigh Wright, Yvonne Karanas

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. (Colwell) Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. (Wright, Karanas).

PMID: 18453956
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31816b11e5

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
Female
Humans
Mammaplasty / methods*
Monitoring, Physiologic
Oximetry / instrumentation*
Oxygen Consumption / physiology*
Regional Blood Flow / physiology
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared / instrumentation*
Surgical Flaps / blood supply*
Ultrasonography, Doppler