Open AccessBlood Perfusion in Rotational Full-Thickness Lower Eyelid Flaps Measured by Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging
Author(s) -
Kajsa Tenland,
Johanna Berggren,
Cu Dybelius Ansson,
Jenny Hult,
Ulf Dahlstrand,
Sandra Lindstedt,
Rafi Sheikh,
Malin Malmsjö
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.528
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1537-2677
pISSN - 0740-9303
DOI - 10.1097/iop.0000000000001496
Subject(s) - eyelid , perfusion , medicine , speckle pattern , perfusion scanning , anatomy , nuclear medicine , surgery , optics , radiology , physics
Large upper eyelid defects can be repaired by rotational full-thickness lower eyelid flaps. The aim was to measure the blood perfusion in such flaps, and how it is affected by the length of the flaps, and the degree of rotation and stretching.