IS ICG FLORESCENCE GUIDED EXCISION THE MISSING LINK IN PERFECTING BURN WOUND EXCISION AND GRAFTING?

Dr Ram Mohan, Dr Manoj Jha, Dr Naveen Kumar, Dr Vinay Tiwari

Abstract


Introduction : Surgical management of burn wounds result in a considerable amount of blood loss. This study was conducted to find the effectiveness of ICG spycam in reducing blood loss.

Materials and methods:  A  pilot study was conducted to ascertain usefulness of ICG spycam in burn surgery.  After burn wound excision ICG was infused and vascularity of the wound bed was assessed using spycam.  After ensuring adequate excision and good vascularity of wound bed with the help of spycam, grafting of wound was done. The blood loss during the surgery was calculated and compared with previous studies.

Results:  We achieved a 27% reduction of blood loss per percentage area. No complications were encountered in all patients.


Keywords


ICG, Spycam, blood loss, burn wound excision

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