Skin Flap Visible Light Spectroscopy (VLS) Oximetry for Monitoring Free-Flap Ischemia During Breast Reconstruction and Recovery

Spectros

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Ischemia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01173133

FLA-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to understand the relevance of tissue oximetry measures of tissue flaps during surgery and during recovery, and to determine if T-Stat is a reliable and early method of detecting compromised flaps.

Full description

The tissue saturation of free flaps will be measured before, during, and after surgery and during recovery.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Under surgical breast reconstruction
• Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Failure to give consent