Challenges in flap monitoring with indocyanine green angiography in experimental models.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Non-invasive angiography with indocyanine green dye facilitates the assessment of flaps. Although ICG angiography has been successfully utilized in clinical settings for human beings, its application in experimental models exhibits certain limitations. This study aimed to address the encountered issues in angiography with different experimental models and introduce a novel modification to the ICG imaging of the McFarlane flap.

Materials-methods

Rats were randomly divided into three groups: the first group received an epigastric flap (n = 4), the second group received a deep inferior epigastric perforator flap (n = 4), and the third group received a dorsal flap (n = 8). In the first group, sterile silicone background was placed under two flaps. In the second grou

SUBMITTER: Ersan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11388392 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature