Venous Occlusion Detected by Caregiver with Implantable Doppler in a Buried Free Flap.
10.7181/acfs.2014.15.3.121
- Author:
Su Won HUR
1
;
Tae Gon KIM
;
Jun Ho LEE
;
Kyu Jin CHUNG
;
Yong Ha KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. kimtg0919@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Free tissue flaps;
Caregivers;
Pulsed Doppler ultrasonography
- MeSH:
Caregivers*;
Delivery of Health Care;
Female;
Free Tissue Flaps*;
Humans;
Skull;
Thigh;
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Pulsed;
Wounds and Injuries;
Young Adult
- From:Archives of Craniofacial Surgery
2014;15(3):121-124
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The use of the implantable Doppler device eases the burden of free flap monitoring, and allows caregivers to notify healthcare personnel of a potential vascular event. A 24-year-old female patient underwent anterolateral thigh adipofascial flap surgery to provide a buried flap on the left temporal area for a depressed and infected skull wound. The author was able to salvage the flap from two venous occlusions, which was made possible by early notifications from the caregiver who reported changes in the Doppler signal.
