title: Versatility of scanning laser Doppler imaging to detect cutaneous perforators.
abstract: Several perforator-based flaps have been developed recently and, although preoperative evaluation of perforator vessels is important, the conventional method using the Doppler flowmeter is still being used. The authors tried to identify perforator vessels in the abdominal region using scanning laser Doppler imaging and then compared the results with those obtained using an ultrasonic Doppler flowmeter in 10 healthy volunteers. The scanning laser Doppler detected several perforator vessels (range, 2-5 vessels; mean, 3.1 vessels) within a 7.5 x 7.5-cm area in the abdominal region. These results suggest that scanning laser Doppler imaging is a useful tool in the identification of perforator vessels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuzo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Komuro
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yanai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019074:Epigastric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler