Monitoring free flap venous congestion using continuous tissue glucose monitoring: A case report

Summary: Blood glucose levels (BGLs) are a good indicator of postoperative venous congestion caused by a thrombus at the anastomotic site of a free flap. Tissue glucose levels (TGLs) are believed to be superior to BGLs for two reasons: TGLs are thought to represent a tissue's congestive status...

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Main Authors: Kazufumi Tachi, Shuichi Nakatsukasa, Yui Nakayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:JPRAS Open
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352587818300196

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