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Postoperative Telemonitoring of Flap Physiology in Microvascular Free Tissue Transfer

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Current methods of postoperative monitoring in microvascular free tissue transfer often prove inadequate in circumstances when complications arise. Acknowledging the room for improvement, a novel system for remote and continuous monitoring of temperature and Doppler ultrasound signals was developed. The system collects data from the transferred tissue, analyzes the data using novel signal-processing algorithms, and wirelessly uploads the results to a secure remote server. Data collected from healthy subjects in a controlled study as well as from a patient recovering from a bilateral breast reconstruction indicate the novel algorithms are capable of detecting arterial and/or venous occlusion from the recorded Doppler ultrasound signal.

  • This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.
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  • E-project-042816-140819
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  • 2016
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  • 2016-04-28
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  • 2023-10-09

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