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J Reconstr Microsurg 1986; 2(4): 241-245
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1007029
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Reflection Photometry of Oxygen Supply of Skin Flaps and Replanted Fingers

Hanspeter Keller, Dietrich Werner Lübbers
  • The University Surgical Clinic and Policlinic, Wuerzburg, West Germany and the Max Planck Institute for Systemic Physiology, Dortmund, West Germany
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Accepted for publication 1986

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08 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

A method is presented that allows noninvasive, direct, and rapid control of the oxygen supply of the skin, by registration of cutaneous hemoglobin spectra. Axial pattern flaps, free transfer flaps, and replanted fingers were investigated using this method intra- and postoperatively. The results showed that with such a control, complications in the revascularization and healing process can be detected fairly early, so that therapeutic measures can be taken.