This study evaluates the impact of active thermoregulation on free flap microcirculation following free flap transfer. Thermoregulation is performed by passive warming, active warming (water circulation based device) and active cooling. Changes in microcirculation are assessed using combined laser Doppler flowmetry and remission spectroscopy.
Measurements are conducted at the day of the operation as well as the first three days following the operation. Tissue temperature is assessed by a temperature measurement probe that is placed 8 mm underneath the skin. The microcirculation parameters of free perforator flaps are assessed using combined laser Doppler flowmetry and remission spectroscopy (O2C®). This allows non-invasive measurement of blood flow, capillary venous oxygen saturation and relative postcapillary filling pressure using a fiber optic probe that is placed on the flap surface. Controlled Thermoregulation (between 10 and 38°C) is enabled using a water circulation based system (Hilotherm Clinic®).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
25
Controlled Thermoregulation using a water circulation based system (Hilotherm Clinic®). Controlled Thermoregulation with Hilotherm Clinic® - Flap Temperature is altered by passive warming (dressing), active warming (38 C) and active cooling (10 C) each for 60 minutes following free flap transfer in every subject at the day of surgery and the following three days
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, Bogenhausen Academic Hospital, Munich 81925, Germany
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Blood Flow (AU) measured by Doppler flowmetry and remission spectroscopy (Oxygen to See, O2C®, Lea Medizintechnik, Giessen, Germany)
Time frame: Measurements were conducted at the day of the operation
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