TCM400

Cases

Precise assesment of cutaneous oxygenation

Researchers and clinicians in the US and Europe tell how they use transcutaneous measurements in their daily work with wound care.

Case

Investigating chronic foot wounds

Thomas K. Hunt, MD
Professor of Surgery, Dep of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, USA

"Hypoxia is the most frequent cause of chronic wounds. Get the facts on how measuring tcpO₂ in conjunction with arterial oxygen tension saved an 80-year-old woman suffering from a chronic, painful ulcer necrosis of the distal toes from amputation".

Case

Management of venous ulcers

Rai Mani, Phd FACA
Head of the Peripheral Vascular Group, Dep of Medical Physics and Medical Engineering, Southhampton General Hospital, Southhampton, UK

"A 78-year-old woman suffering from intractable ulcers and grossly edematous legs is admitted to a hospital. Read how tcpO₂ measurements helped clinicians to assess her level of skin nutrition and manage her chronic venous ulcers".

Case

Detecting Critical Limb Ischemia

Dirk Th. Ubbink, MD
Academic Medical Center, Dep of Vascular Surgery, Amsterdam, Holland

"A 65-year-old woman suffered from a painless ulcer on the fifth toe. The ulcer had started as a blister 6 weeks earlier. Applying the tcpO₂ technique as an additional tool to assess the presence of critical ischemia turns out to be crucial for her treatment. Find out how".

Case

Determining amputation level

Henri Bounameaux, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Angiology and Hemostasis, University Hospitals of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland

"Transcutaneous pO₂ measurement is an effective aid in determining the amputation level in ischemic limbs. This case illustrates how tcpO₂ measurements helped two orthopedic surgeons determine the best amputation level for this 78-year old patient suffering from a chronic ulcer on his left foot".

Case

Surgical interventions: patient selection and prediction of wound healing

Caroline E. Fife, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesia, University of Texas Health Science Center, Director of the Hermann Center for Wound Healing, Houston, USA

"Read how transcutaneous oxygen measurements can be used to select patients in need of vascular intervention, and to predict wound healing and success after intervention".

Case

Assessment of peripheral arterial occlusive disease

Andreas Scheffler, MD
Assistant Chairman, Department of Angiology, Aggartalklinik, Engelkirchen, Germany

"Examine how tcpO₂ provides information on severe peripheral arterial occlusive disease even in circumstances where conventional hemodynamic evaluation is not feasible".

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