Fingerstall-type Tissue Oximetry Reduced Anxiety of Nurses in Postoperative Nursing Monitoring of Free Flaps.

ABSTRACT: Postoperative free flap monitoring is essential for immediately detecting obstruction of anastomosed vessels with successive recovery surgery for salvaging flaps. We performed postoperative nursing monitoring using handheld Doppler sonography, but nurses reported feeling anxious with this approach and demanded a clear-cut evaluation method. Therefore, we implemented monitoring with the fingerstall-type tissue oximeter Toccare, a noninvasive device that enables easy flap checking by simply touching the flap with a probe.

Method

Handheld Doppler was used for nursing monitoring from April to October 2020, with anxiety associated with its use reported. We collected information via an anonymous questionnaire to determine the reason for the anxiety. Toccare was subsequently applied for po

SUBMITTER: Tsuge I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8687730 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature