Dynamic Infrared Thermography and Smartphone Thermal Imaging as an Adjunct for Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative Perforator Free Flap Monitoring

The versatile application of perforator free flaps for coverage of any extremity has been well proven. Often, a “free-style”-like approach is used to design these flaps, as conventional imaging techniques for perforator identification may be too expensive or unavailable.