Is non-invasive indocyanine-green angiography a useful adjunct for the debridement of infected sternal wounds?

ABSTRACT: Laser-assisted indocyanine-green imaging (ICG) has a wide range of surgical applications, and has been used in reconstructive surgery to aid in assessing the viability of free tissue transfers and to help predict poor tissue perfusion. However, its indications for use is limited to assessing free flap tissue perfusion, coronary artery perfusion during coronary artery bypass (CABG), and tissue perfusion in diabetic foot ulcers, to name a few. This system has been proven to be a safe, reliable adjunctive modality to assess microvascular compromise or poor perfusion peri-operatively, which could minimize skin necrosis and other post-operative complications (Further et al., 2013).1 The ability to objectively assess tissue perfusion has led to improved post-operative outcomes in breast, abdomin

SUBMITTER: Tyrell R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7061572 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature