Continuous postoperative free-flap monitoring with an EKG-interfaced photoplethysmograph.
A compact battery-operated tissue-perfusion monitor has been developed which continuously displays photoplethysmograph waveforms on bedside EKG monitors. The device has been of proven utility in the postoperative monitoring of free-flap recipients.
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Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego.
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D002140:California; D004571:Electrokymography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000502:physiology*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D010991:Plethysmography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors