Recommendations for contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in free tissue transplant monitoring

Issue title: Selected Presentations held at the 34th Conference of the German Society for Clinical Microcirculation and Hemorheology, Regensburg, Germany, 27–28 November, 2015

Guest editors: L. Prantl, E.M. Jung and F. Jung

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Prantl, Lukas^{a; *} | Geis, Sebastian^a | Lamby, Philipp^a | Jung, Ernst Michael^b

Affiliations: [a] Center of Plastic and Aesthetic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany | [b] Institute of Diagnostic Radiology – Ultrausound Center, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Lukas Prantl, M.D., Ph.D, Dr., Professor and Head, Center of Plastic-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93042 Regensburg, Germany. Tel.: +49 941 9446947; Fax: +49 941 9446948; E-mail: lukas.prantl@ukr.de; Internet: http://www.hochschulzentrum-plastischechirurgie.de/.

Abstract: Complications rates after free flap transplantation still amount up to 5% . Consequently a reliable monitoring system is of high importance in plastic and reconstructive surgery. The following guidelines provide an overview of the current opportunities for free flap planning and monitoring with ultrasound and in particular with contrast enhanced ultrasound.

Keywords: Flap monitoring, ultrasound, CEUS, contrast enhanced ultrasound, microvascularization, microperfusion

DOI: 10.3233/CH-152005

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 359-365, 2015