title: Transcutaneous oxygen tension exercise profile. A method for objectively assessing the results after reconstructive peripheral arterial surgery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Aalborg Sygehus, Denmark.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Egeblad
mesh_terms: 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