Table 2 Comparison of flap perfusion measurement values.

From: Attached compared with unattached surface probes for monitoring flap perfusion in microvascular head and neck reconstruction: a feasibility study

Tissue depth

Timepoint of measurement

All

0 h

12 h

24 h

36 h

48 h

Blood flow (AU)

 2 mm

20.5 (24.0)

24.0 (28.0)

17.5 (23.0)

26.0 (24.0)

26.0 (28.0)

21.5 (25.0)

 3 mm

99.5 (74.0)

103.0 (78.0)

112.5 (93.0)

116.5 (71.0)

124.5 (68.0)

110.0 (79.0)

 8 mm

92.0 (67.0)

105.5 (62.0)

125.0 (82.0)

125.5 (103.0)

139.0 (105.0)

113.5 (86.0)

 p-value 1

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 p-value 2

0.936

0.824

0.897

0.578

0.274

0.308

Hemoglobin concentration (AU)

 2 mm

58.0 (26.0)

53.0 (24.0)

49.5 (20.0)

48.5 (18.0)

44.0 (23.0)

50.0 (23.0)

 3 mm

67.5 (31.0)

69.0 (29.0)

68.5 (27.0)

67.0 (26.0)

68.5 (26.0)

68.0 (27.0)

 8 mm

33.0 (10.0)

32.0 (12.0)

35.0 (12.0)

33.5 (13.0)

36.0 (14.0)

34.0 (12.0)

 p-value 1

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 p-value 2

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Hemoglobin oxygen saturation (%)

 2 mm

51.0 (36.0)

43.0 (31.0)

50.0 (37.0)

46.0 (31.0)

46.5 (40.0)

48.0 (34.0)

 3 mm

61.0 (24.0)

47.5 (32.0)

56.5 (21.0)

58.0 (22.0)

62.0 (24.0)

57.0 (23.0)

 8 mm

69.5 (27.0)

69.5 (30.0)

67.0 (25.0)

70.0 (25.0)

70.0 (19.0)

69.5 (24.0)

 p-value 1

 < 0.001

0.006

0.056

0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 p-value 2

0.005

 < 0.001

0.003

0.001

0.029

 < 0.001

  1. Perfusion measurement values are indicated as median (with interquartile range) for each measurement time point (0 h postoperatively, 12 h postoperatively, 24 h postoperatively, 36 h postoperatively, 48 h postoperatively) and for all measurement time points combined (all); p-values corresponding to testing for differences between tissue measurement depths with Wilcoxon signed-rank test (p-value 1: 3 mm vs. 2mm; p-value 2: 3 mm vs. 8mm); significant p-values are bold.
  2. AU arbitrary units.