Several studies demonstrate the clinical potential of the hyperspectral technique for the assessment of problem wounds of the diabetic foot or chronic wounds in patients with PAOD.
In amputation medicine, HSI technology is used to differentiate between tissue capable of healing and tissue incapable of healing, i.e. to be able to determine the exact amputation level. As a result, as much tissue as possible would be preserved in the context of a partial amputation, the risk of a follow-up operation would be minimised and the subsequent treatment of the remaining tissue would also be optimised.
HSI has already been successfully applied in amputation medicine by providing physicians with objective decision criteria for determining the level of amputation through a rapid and comprehensive analysis of important microcirculatory parameters, as well as allowing predictions to be made about the chances of the amputation wound healing.
First measurements/preliminary studies in the Südstadt Klinikum Rostock indicate a reduction of the reoperation rate by 50 %.
