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Microcirculation of the Abdominal Skin After Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap Procedure

NCT02481284 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2015-06-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study was to perform a quantitative perfusion study of the undermined abdominal skin in deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap breast reconstruction patients in order to obtain more knowledge on perfusion dynamics. Laser Doppler perfusion imaging (LDPI) was used to evaluate this.

Microcirculatory changes were monitored in the abdominal skin of 20 consecutive patients. Measurements were taken and recorded within four standardized zones covering the skin between the xiphoid process and the upper incisional boundary of the flap (zone 1-4; cranial to caudal).

Conditions

  • Breast Reconstruction
  • Skin Perfusion

Interventions

DEVICE

Laser Doppler perfusion imaging

LDPI is an extension of laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) and was developed to generate a colour-coded perfusion image in a large area of skin.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oslo University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kim A Tønseth, MD, PhD · Oslo University Hospital

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-09-30
Completion
2015-03-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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