Transcutaneous oxygen tension exercise profile. A method for objectively assessing the results after reconstructive peripheral arterial surgery.
Transcutaneous oxygen tension during exercise (TcPo2 exercise profile) was measured on the foot in 10 patients before reconstructive vascular surgery and 9 and 18 months later. The preoperative TcPo2 exercise profiles were abnormal in all 10 patients. In 9 of the patients the reconstructions were successful. In these patients the TcPo2 exercise profiles reverted to normal. In a control group of six healthy persons no significant changes in TcPo2 were observed during the follow-up period of 18 months. The reproducibility determined as the total week-to-week variation of claudicants and controls was 8%. The TcPo2 exercise test is suitable for monitoring the patient after reconstructive surgery, because it is based exclusively on objective data is non-invasive and the measurements are reproducible.
Larsen
J F
JF
Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Aalborg Sygehus, Denmark.
Christensen
K S
KS
Egeblad
K
K
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001785:Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged