Free flaps monitoring using implantable doppler: our experience and of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Buried free flaps monitoring cannot rely on clinical evaluation, which remains the gold standard in flaps with a skin paddle. A reliable way to monitor buried free flaps is through implantable dopplers, which provide a continuous and direct signal of anastomotic flow. Since the only way to ascertain a suspicion of vascular impairment in buried free flaps is through reoperative exploration, a high specificity is required together with a high sensitivity to avoid unnecessary theatre take-backs.

Methods

A systematic literature search was performed to screen three different databases (PubMed, Web of Sciences, and Embase) and using the following keywords: "Cook Swartz" AND "doppler" AND "flap" AND "monitoring" and "Synovis" AND "Flow Coupler" AND "flap" AND "monitoring

SUBMITTER: Baraziol R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12605636 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature