Free Flap Monitoring Using Infrared Thermography: An Objective Adjunct to Clinical Monitoring

Priyanka Singla; Pawan Kumar Dixit; Prakash Chandra Kala; Deepti Katrolia; Shilpi Karmakar; Akhilesh Humnekar; Apoorva Pratap Singh

doi:10.1055/s-0044-1786742

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery (Jun 2024)

Free Flap Monitoring Using Infrared Thermography: An Objective Adjunct to Clinical Monitoring

Priyanka Singla,
Pawan Kumar Dixit,
Prakash Chandra Kala,
Deepti Katrolia,
Shilpi Karmakar,
Akhilesh Humnekar,
Apoorva Pratap Singh

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Priyanka Singla: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Pawan Kumar Dixit: ORCiD; Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Prakash Chandra Kala: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Deepti Katrolia: ORCiD; Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Shilpi Karmakar: ORCiD; Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Akhilesh Humnekar: ORCiD; Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Apoorva Pratap Singh: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1786742
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 57, no. 03
pp. 179 – 183

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Background Early detection of free flap compromise is critical for salvage of the flap. Various methods of free flap monitoring have been described, but clinical assessment is the standard method for among all. In this study, role of infrared thermography is evaluated for free flap monitoring.

Published in Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery

ISSN: 0970-0358 (Print); 1998-376X (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00042863

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