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J Reconstr Microsurg 1997; 13(2): 125-130
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000228
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© 1997 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Free‐Flap Monitoring with Tissue‐Oxygen Measurement

Gottfried Wechselberger, Astrid Rumer, Thomas Schoeller, Anton Schwabegger, Milomir Ninkovic, Hans Anderl
  • University Clinic of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Innsbruck, Austria
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Accepted for publication 1996

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08 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Flap monitoring by oxygen measurement with a microcatheter pO2 probe was carried out in 17 free flaps. The probe represents a new development among monitoring methods, allowing the measurement of oxygen pressure in all types of flaps including buried free flaps and vascularized bone grafts. Fourteen flaps survived with no problem; Three flaps with different degrees of problem are reported, and the advantages and sources of error using this monitoring method are discussed.