• Department of Cervicofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100144, P.R.China;
SONG Weiming, Email: songweimingzx@163.com
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Objective  To summarize the monitoring methods and preventions of the disorder of blood supplying of expanded flaps, so as to provide some references for improving the survival of expanded flaps. Methods  The domestic and abroad related literature about the disorder of blood supplying of expanded flaps was reviewed and analyzed. Results  Handheld Doppler, digital subtraction angiography, computer tomographic angiography, magnetic resonance angiography, and fluorescein angiography can be used as reliable preoperative imaging methods in designing expanded flaps with rich blood supply. Several techniques can be used for monitoring the blood supply of expanded flaps during the early postoperative period including traditional monitoring via physical examination, monitoring via dynamic infrared thermography, near-infrared spectroscopy tissue oximeter, external and implantable Doppler, and more recently developed diffuse correlation spectroscopy. Surgical delay, bloodletting, leech therapy, hyperbaric oxygen, and so on can decrease the risk of necrosis in expanded flaps. Conclusion  The survival of expanded flap is influenced by many factors. Preoperative design by using handheld Doppler and new imaging technology and postoperative early detection of blood supply can provide references of timely intervention, so that ischemic necrosis of the flaps can be reduced, and the success rate of surgery can be improved.

Citation: LIN Yanxian, SONG Weiming. Progress of monitoring methods and preventions of disorder of blood supplying of expanded flaps. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2018, 32(1): 118-124. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.201708056 Copy

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