Implantable Sensors for Post‐Surgical Monitoring of Vascular Complications

Abstract

Abstract For surgeries involving vessel anastomosis, it is critical to ensure fluent blood flow and to monitor the occurrence of vascular complications. However, the current clinical methods are ineffective in achieving direct, continuous, and accurate monitoring. At present, implantable sensors are widely used and explored in various biomedical applications, including cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, cancer treatment, and health monitoring. They can be easily placed during surgical procedures and offer irreplaceable advantages including directness, continuity, and higher accuracy of monitoring. Based on this, the types of implantable sensors for vascular monitoring are reviewed, and some preclinical research advances which are expected to provide promising methods for post‐surgical vascular complications are discussed. In the end, the future perspectives of the research of implantable sensors for post‐surgical monitoring are put forward. It is believed that implantable sensors hold great promise in clinical translation, providing physicians with more accurate, continuous, and real‐time monitoring results, helping to improve surgical success and patient outcomes.

Keywords

• anastomosis
• blood flow
• blood vessels
• implantable sensors
• postoperative monitoring
• vascular complication