2023 Volume 4 Issue 2 Pages 108-112
Lower extremity artery disease (LEAD) has been increasing in recent years. LEAD manifests as various symptoms depending on severity and multidisciplinary treatment is required. Successful revascularization is an important part of treatment for moderate and severe cases.
Various methods are conventionally used to evaluate revascularization, but evaluating microvascular blood flow intraoperatively is difficult. Therefore, we attempted to use a laser Doppler flow meter to evaluate revascularization in a LEAD patient presenting with intermittent claudication. An increase in blood flow was observed intraoperatively, suggesting the usefulness of laser Doppler flow meter for evaluating microvascular blood flow during revascularization.
