Confounding effects of blood hemoglobin and hematocrit levels on flap perfusion measurement with the Oxygen-to-see (O2C) analysis system in microvascular head and neck reconstruction– a retrospective study
For the perfusion parameters flap blood flow and hemoglobin oxygen saturation no association with blood hemoglobin or hematocrit levels was observed. This underlines the validity of absolute threshold levels for indicating vascular flap compromise in the context of flap monitoring with the O2C analysis system.
Authors
- Johannes Bickenbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0039-8448)
- Mark Ooms (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9785-9502)
- Ali Modabber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2160-4527)
- Philipp Winnand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8315-7684)
- Anna Bock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4758-0877)
- Marie Sophie Katz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6625-7712)
- Frank Hölzle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2298-3517)
- Marius Heitzer
Institutions
- Universitätsklinikum Aachen (DE)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Surgery
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-025-02888-8
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01