PMID- 6415583
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19831220
LR  - 20170214
IS  - 0194-5998 (Print)
IS  - 0194-5998 (Linking)
VI  - 91
IP  - 4
DP  - 1983 Aug
TI  - Fiberoptic fluorometer for skin flap assessment.
PG  - 377-9
AB  - The fiberoptic fluorometer permits quantitative measurement of fluorescence after 
      intravenous administration of fluorescein. Accurate assessment of tissue 
      fluorescence can be made at any time after the injection, and both uptake and 
      elimination of fluorescein can be followed. The instrument provides instantaneous 
      digital readout of the fluorescence measured in dye fluorescence (DF) units and 
      an index predictive of viability called the dye fluorescence index (DFI). The 
      unit is portable, can be sterilized for operating room use, and can be operated 
      by paramedical personnel with ease. We have used the instrument extensively in 
      clinical and laboratory investigations, where it has been highly reliable in 
      predicting survival and necrosis of a wide variety of flaps. Little or no 
      operating time is added, and serial, low-dose fluorescein injections may be used 
      to monitor a flap in the recovery room or at the bedside in the early 
      postoperative period.
FAU - Weisman, R A
AU  - Weisman RA
FAU - Silverman, D G
AU  - Silverman DG
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
JT  - Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of 
      Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
JID - 8508176
SB  - IM
MH  - *Fiber Optic Technology
MH  - Fluorometry/*instrumentation
MH  - Humans
MH  - Monitoring, Physiologic
MH  - *Surgical Flaps
EDAT- 1983/08/01 00:00
MHDA- 1983/08/01 00:01
CRDT- 1983/08/01 00:00
PHST- 1983/08/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1983/08/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1983/08/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/019459988309100406 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1983 Aug;91(4):377-9. doi: 
      10.1177/019459988309100406.