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Quantitative evaluation of the effects of gravity and dependency on microvascular tissue transfer to the lower limb,
J S Isenberg1, A Siegal, R Sherman
1Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.
Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
The authors have attempted quantitatively to evaluate the effects of gravity and dependency on free-tissue transfers to the lower limb, particularly in the immediate postoperative period, using the diagnostic modalities of Doppler ultrasonography and interstitial compartment pressure measurements. Results of these quantitative evaluations promoted a change in postoperative management among patients undergoing lower-limb tissue transfer. The experience in two patient cohorts is presented.