ARTICLE SUMMARY:
Reconstructive surgery poses a high risk, in the immediate postoperative period, of clots developing in the small blood vessels that connect transplanted tissue. Sonavex aims to provide detailed yet simplified visual and quantitative information on blood flow to detect vascular compromise while there is time to intervene and salvage the tissue successfully.
Reconstructive microsurgery is a procedure performed after a substantial tumor is excised, for example to treat cancers of the breast or head and neck. Autologous tissue (including bone, muscle, and fat) is taken from elsewhere in the body and manipulated as necessary to restore what was removed, and a vascular anastomosis is required to join the small veins and arteries on the transplanted tissue with those nearby at the recipient site to restore the blood supply.
