Impact of Remote Ischemic Conditioning on Free Flaps
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Ischemia-reperfusion injury
- Registration Number
- DRKS00025473
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Regensburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Free flap surgery
Exclusion Criteria
Children, patients with a health care proxy, contraindications for blood pressure cuff inflation (e.g. post-traumatic, vascular disease) or indocyanine-green fluorescence angiography (e.g. manifest hyperthyroidism, iodine allergy)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome measure: The fractional weight of insufficiently perfused and resected flap tissue related to total flap weight is measured based on clinical examination and Indocyanine green fluorescence angiography according to the study center's clinical routine.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcome measures: occurrence / severity of wound healing disturbances, revision surgery, other postoperative complications (e.g. fat necrosis, oil cysts). These parameters are assessed over a six week postoperative period via clinical examination, further non-invasive diagnostic measures (e.g. ultrasound) and photo documentation.