Outcomes of free flap reconstructions with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) monitoring: A systematic review.

Ethan NewtonOleksandr ButskiyBabak ShadganEitan PrismanDonald W Anderson

Published in: Microsurgery (2019)

Despite lack of robust data, NIRS has the potential to be an objective, accurate, and continuous postoperative free flap monitoring technique with a greater flap salvage rate than CM alone.

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