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Application of transcutaneous oxygen measurement in podiatric surgery
1Department of Podiatric Surgery, Foot Clinic of Youngstown, Ohio.
The Journal of Foot Surgery
|March 1, 1989
Abstract:
A practical, noninvasive method of determining the actual physiological state of tissue being examined is presented. The measuring of actual oxygen tension in the skin capillary bed enables the podiatric physician to assess peripheral vascular status. Healing predictability to a tissue area may also be evaluated.