Intraoperative Indocyanine Green Angiography Facilitates Flap Fenestration and Facial Organ Fabrication in Total Facial Restoration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Because of a lack of effective measures to visualize flap vasculature and perfusion, flap fenestration and facial organ fabrication cannot be performed effectively, preventing the transition from two-dimensional coverage to restoration of the three-dimensional (3D) structure of facial organs. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) in guiding flap fenestration and facial organ fabrication in total facial restoration.

Methods

Ten patients with total facial scarring after burn injury were enrolled in the study. They were treated with preexpanded, prefabricated monoblock flaps for total face restoration. The openings of nostrils and oral and palpebral orifices, together with organ fabrication, were conducted under the guidanc

SUBMITTER: Huang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11104494 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature