Table 1.
Author | Year and Journal | Participants/operation | Clinical outcome | Infrared camera used | OCEBM level of evidence |
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Theuvenet et al. | 1986 Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
4 Cadavers + 6 volunteers | Not applicable | Not described | 4 |
Itoh et al. | 1994 Annals of Plastic Surgery |
12 volunteers, 2 case reports 1paraumbilical, 1 latissimus dorsi flap | Not applicable | Fujitsu Infra Eye 180 | 2 |
Salmi et al. | 1995 Annals of Plastic Surgery |
8 TRAM flaps | No flap failure or partial loss reported | Inframetrics 600 | 4 |
Zetterman et al. | 1999 European Journal of Plastic Surgery |
16 volunteers | Not applicable | Inframetrics 600 | 4 |
de Weerd et al. | 2006 Annals of Plastic Surgery |
7 DIEP flaps + 3 SIEA flaps | Flap reperfusion in all cases, long-term flap outcome not reported | Nikon Laird S270 | 3 |
Kalra et al. | 2007 Journal of Plastic Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery |
2 DIEP flaps | No flap failure or partial loss | NEC Thermo Tracer TH7102MV |
5 |
de Weerd et al. | 2009 Annals of Plastic Surgery |
23 DIEP flaps | No flap failure Partial loss in 3 flaps (<5%) |
Nikon Laird S270;FLIR Therma Cam S65 HS | 3 |
Tenorio et al. | 2011 Annals of Plastic Surgery |
10 DIEP flaps | No flap failure or partial loss | BioScan IR system | 2 |
Whitaker et al. | 2011 Journal of Plastic Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery |
1 Bilateral DIEP | No flap failure or partial loss | Not described | 5 |
Sheena et al. | 2013 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
20 Volunteers | Not applicable | FLIR SC660 | 3 |
Chubb et al. | 2013 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
10 Patients | Not applicable | NEC Thermo Tracer | 3 |
Hardwicke et al. | 2016 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
10 Volunteers | Not applicable | FLIR ONE | 3 |
Weum et al. | 2016 BMC Medical Imaging |
25 DIEP flaps | 1/25 flaps failed (unrelated cause) No partial loss |
FLIRThermaCAM S65 HS | 2 |