Pioneering publications from plastic surgery and neurosurgery

Once again, a working group from the University of Leipzig was able to demonstrate the high potential of TIVITA . This study on the monitoring of free flap grafts illustrates that HSI technology provides reliable data for monitoring perfusion and oxygenation of the flaps, detects complications at an early stage and is far superior to other techniques.

Source: Kohler LH, et al. Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI) as a new diagnostic tool in free flap monitoring for soft tissue reconstruction: a proof of concept study. BMC Surg. 2021 Apr 30;21(1):222. doi: 10.1186/s12893-021-01232-0

https://bmcsurg.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12893-021-01232-0

In addition, a second publication by Mühle et al. appeared, which describes the integration of HSI into the intraoperative neurosurgical workflow and gives hope for the future that HSI can also provide assistance in this specialty. The main focus here is on tumour detection and the determination of resection margins.

Source: Mühle R, et al. Workflow and hardware for intraoperative hyperspectral data acquisition in neurosurgery. Biomed Tech (Berl). 2020 Jul 25. doi: 10.1515/bmt-2019-0333

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/bmt-2019-0333/html

We would like to thank all participants for their great work!