TY - JOUR
T1 - Direct, real time measurement of meniscal blood flow
T2 - An experimental investigation in sheep
AU - Swiontkowski, Marc F.
AU - Schlehr, Frank
AU - Sanders, Roy
AU - Limbird, Thomas A.
AU - Pou, Adrienne
AU - Collins, Jerry C.
PY - 1988/9
Y1 - 1988/9
N2 - The functional microcirculatory system of the meniscus was investigated in nine sheep using laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF). The highest blood flows recorded were found at the periphery and at the anterior and posterior horns, and this finding was confirmed by india ink injections in five sheep and by meniscal autoradi ographs following intraatrial injection of 20 million Cs46 microspheres in four sheep. LDF provides accurate and reproducible assessment of meniscal blood flow. If adequate probes can be developed, this method offers great promise in the clinical assessment of blood flow within the substance of meniscal tears, thus offering the surgeon initial information in the decision to repair or resect a meniscal tear.
AB - The functional microcirculatory system of the meniscus was investigated in nine sheep using laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF). The highest blood flows recorded were found at the periphery and at the anterior and posterior horns, and this finding was confirmed by india ink injections in five sheep and by meniscal autoradi ographs following intraatrial injection of 20 million Cs46 microspheres in four sheep. LDF provides accurate and reproducible assessment of meniscal blood flow. If adequate probes can be developed, this method offers great promise in the clinical assessment of blood flow within the substance of meniscal tears, thus offering the surgeon initial information in the decision to repair or resect a meniscal tear.
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U2 - 10.1177/036354658801600501
DO - 10.1177/036354658801600501
M3 - Article
C2 - 3189673
AN - SCOPUS:0023788965
SN - 0363-5465
VL - 16
SP - 429
EP - 433
JO - The American Journal of Sports Medicine
JF - The American Journal of Sports Medicine
IS - 5
ER -