Free Flap Microcirculatory Monitoring Correlates to Free Flap Temperature Assessment

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01235299

Enrollment

Registered

2010-11-05

Start date

2010-09-30

Completion date

2010-11-30

Last updated

2017-02-27

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Conditions

Flap Monitoring

Brief summary

In case of free flap failure, time is of utmost importance as salvage rates have been reported to be inversely related to the time interval between the onset of ischemia and its clinical recognition. Consecutively, monitoring of free flaps remains of major importance. Currently, combined Laser-Doppler and Spectrophotometry is available to determine microcirculation of free flaps in reconstructive surgery as a scientific method of reliable assessment of flap perfusion. The investigators thought to analyze the correlation of free flap skin temperature and free frap microcirculation as an accurate tool of postoperative flap monitoring.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Age between 16 and 65 years

Exclusion criteria

* soft tissue inflammation or osteomyelitis, peripheral arterial occlusive disease, vasculitis, chronic kidney or liver disease, cardiac dysfunction, arterial hypotension and any type of vasoactive medication, i.e. ß-blockers, calcium channel blockers, nitroglycerin or equal.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Correlation of cutaneous microcirculation to free flap temperature	4 months

Countries

Germany

Outcome results