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Evaluation of Blood Perfusion in Skin Flaps

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Reconstructive surgery using the skin flap is used in a variety of situations, including trauma and extended resection of malignant tumors. In order to assure surgical safety, it is important to confirm sufficient blood supply in the skin flap during surgery. In this chapter, we outline methods for the evaluation of graft perfusion by intraoperative fluorescence imaging using indocyanine green (ICG).

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    Keisuke Okabe & Kazuo Kishi

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Okabe, K., Kishi, K. (2023). Evaluation of Blood Perfusion in Skin Flaps. In: Ishizawa, T. (eds) Fluorescence-Guided Surgery. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7372-7_10

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