Use of Indocyanine Green Fluorescent Imaging in the Assessment of a Tongue Flap After Lateral Hemiglossectomy

Indocyanine green (ICG) angiography is a real-time imaging modality that can be used to assess intraoperative tissue perfusion. ICG dye has proven to be feasible, safe, and cost-effective, especially for muscle flaps during complex reconstructions. To our knowledge, we discuss the first use of ICG a...

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Autores principales: Montorfano, Lisandro, Bordes, Stephen J, Azarkhail, Ryan, Sarmiento Cobos, Mauricio, Medina, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Plastic Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8232998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34188987
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15248
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Sumario:Indocyanine green (ICG) angiography is a real-time imaging modality that can be used to assess intraoperative tissue perfusion. ICG dye has proven to be feasible, safe, and cost-effective, especially for muscle flaps during complex reconstructions. To our knowledge, we discuss the first use of ICG angiography for the real-time assessment of a tongue flap following left lateral hemiglossectomy. ICG angiography showed excellent perfusion of the tongue and tongue flap, which subsequently led to an uncomplicated postoperative recovery.

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