Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 62, Issue 12 , Pages 1602-1608 , December 2009

Endoscopic measurements of free-flap perfusion in the head and neck region using red-excited Indocyanine Green: preliminary results

  • C.S. Betz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University, Großhadern Medical Campus, Marchioninistr. 15, D-81377 Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Großhadern Medical Campus, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany. Tel.: +49 89 7095 0; fax: +49 89 7095 4864.
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  • S. Zhorzel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University, Großhadern Medical Campus, Marchioninistr. 15, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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  • H. Schachenmayr

      Affiliations

    • Laser-Research Laboratory, LIFE Center, Ludwig Maximilian University, Großhadern Medical Campus, Marchioninistr. 23, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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  • H. Stepp

      Affiliations

    • Laser-Research Laboratory, LIFE Center, Ludwig Maximilian University, Großhadern Medical Campus, Marchioninistr. 23, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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  • M. Havel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University, Großhadern Medical Campus, Marchioninistr. 15, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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  • V. Siedek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University, Großhadern Medical Campus, Marchioninistr. 15, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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  • A. Leunig

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University, Großhadern Medical Campus, Marchioninistr. 15, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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  • C. Matthias

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, D-37075 Goettingen, Germany
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  • C. Hopper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University College London Hospital, Mortimer Market, London WC1E 6AU, UK
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  • U. Harreus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University, Großhadern Medical Campus, Marchioninistr. 15, D-81377 Munich, Germany

Received 2 May 2008 ,Accepted 24 July 2008.

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☆ The results of this study were presented in part at the 7th International Conference on Head & Neck Cancer in San Francisco (19–23.07.2008).

PII: S1748-6815(08)00901-7

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.07.042

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 62, Issue 12 , Pages 1602-1608 , December 2009

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