Tissue Oxygenation Measurements With Modulated Light (S-FLARE)
| Status: | Archived |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Breast Cancer, Cancer |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Oncology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | Any |
| Updated: | 7/1/2011 |
| Start Date: | January 2010 |
| End Date: | December 2011 |
Tissue Oxygenation Measurements During Plastic Surgery Using Spatially Modulated Light (S-FLARE)
To perform a pilot study of the S-FLARE imaging system, which uses low levels of safe,
invisible, near-infrared light to measure tissue oxygenation during breast reconstructive
surgery and to compare S-FLARE measurements to the gold standard, FDA-approved, the ViOptix
optical probe.
This pilot study will enroll three patients who have chosen to proceed with deep inferior
epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction. This type of reconstruction uses
skin and fat from the abdomen to reconstruct a new breast shape. The construct is
vascularized through perforating arteries and veins that provide a blood supply to this
tissue.
Current techniques to evaluate vessel selection rely on a handheld Doppler used for
confirmation of blood flow and perfusion; however, this modality is limited as it only
assesses a specific point within the flap.
The S-FLARE imaging system will be used to visualize vascularization in the DIEP flaps, and
this study will compare measurements by the S-FLARE imaging system and the standard-of-care
ViOptix point probe.
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