Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 71-77 , January 2008

Continuous postoperative monitoring of cutaneous free flaps using near infrared spectroscopy

  • Andrej Repež

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, University Medical Centre, Zaloška 7,1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +386 1 522 33 16; fax: +386 1 522 22 39.
    • ,
  • Dominika Oroszy

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Medical Centre, Zaloška 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    • ,
  • Zoran M. Arnež

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, University Medical Centre, Zaloška 7,1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Received 9 October 2006 ,Accepted 14 April 2007.

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☆ Presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of European Association of Plastic Surgeons, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2006.

PII: S1748-6815(07)00247-1

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.04.003

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 71-77 , January 2008

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