Tissue oxygen tension measurement for monitoring musculocutaneous and cutaneous flaps
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Tissue oxygen tension measurement for monitoring musculocutaneous and cutaneous flaps. / Hjortdal, V E; Awwad, A M; Gottrup, F; Kirkegaard, L; Gellett, S.
In: Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, Vol. 24, No. 1, 1990, p. 27-30.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Tissue oxygen tension measurement for monitoring musculocutaneous and cutaneous flaps
AU - Hjortdal, V E
AU - Awwad, A M
AU - Gottrup, F
AU - Kirkegaard, L
AU - Gellett, S
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - In pigs, latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous island flaps and buttock skin island flaps were raised. Subcutaneous (PscO2) and intramuscular oxygen tension (PimO2) were measured using a non-heated needle electrode before, during and after repeated occlusion of the supplying artery or the draining vein. During arterial and venous occlusion, the tissue oxygen tension in the musculocutaneous flap dropped rapidly. A plateau was reached after 15 min. After arterial occlusion the mean value was 20 mmHg (SEM = +/- 5 mmHg, N = 6) in the subcutis and 16 mmHg in the muscle (SEM = +/- 4 mmHg, N = 10). After venous occlusion the mean value was 11 mmHg (SEM = +/- 3 mmHg, N = 6) in the subcutis. In the skin flap the drop of PscO2 was slower, and after 30 min of arterial occlusion the mean value was 29 mmHg (SEM = +/- 9 mmHg, N = 6). This study has shown that tissue oxygen tension measurement can be used as a sensitive indicator of acute impairment of the supplying vessels in island flaps. The method seems to have potential for monitoring free tissue transfers. A comparable decrease in PscO2 was found for arterial and venous impairment.
AB - In pigs, latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous island flaps and buttock skin island flaps were raised. Subcutaneous (PscO2) and intramuscular oxygen tension (PimO2) were measured using a non-heated needle electrode before, during and after repeated occlusion of the supplying artery or the draining vein. During arterial and venous occlusion, the tissue oxygen tension in the musculocutaneous flap dropped rapidly. A plateau was reached after 15 min. After arterial occlusion the mean value was 20 mmHg (SEM = +/- 5 mmHg, N = 6) in the subcutis and 16 mmHg in the muscle (SEM = +/- 4 mmHg, N = 10). After venous occlusion the mean value was 11 mmHg (SEM = +/- 3 mmHg, N = 6) in the subcutis. In the skin flap the drop of PscO2 was slower, and after 30 min of arterial occlusion the mean value was 29 mmHg (SEM = +/- 9 mmHg, N = 6). This study has shown that tissue oxygen tension measurement can be used as a sensitive indicator of acute impairment of the supplying vessels in island flaps. The method seems to have potential for monitoring free tissue transfers. A comparable decrease in PscO2 was found for arterial and venous impairment.
KW - Animals
KW - Graft Occlusion, Vascular/diagnosis
KW - Ischemia/diagnosis
KW - Monitoring, Physiologic
KW - Muscles/blood supply
KW - Oxygen Consumption/physiology
KW - Skin/blood supply
KW - Surface Tension
KW - Surgical Flaps/physiology
KW - Swine
U2 - 10.3109/02844319009004516
DO - 10.3109/02844319009004516
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 2389118
VL - 24
SP - 27
EP - 30
JO - Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
JF - Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
SN - 2000-656X
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 244328986