Publications by authors named "Emmanuelle Tenorio A Godoi Berenguer DE Barros Silva"
Use of infrared thermography in patients undergoing primary amputation due to peripheral arterial obstructive disease.
Leonardo Martins Mota DE Morais Cláudio Olavo Cordova Esdras Marques Lins Ana Paula DE Lima Ferreira Vittoria Melo Lettieri Emmanuelle Tenório A Godoi Berenguer DE Barros Silva
Rev Col Bras Cir
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- PAD (Peripheral Arterial Disease) can lead to Critical Ischemia (CI) of the Lower Limbs, often resulting in amputation, and Infrared Thermography (IT) is a non-invasive method to assess skin temperature for guiding amputation levels.
- A study conducted between April and November 2023 at Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal evaluated patients with PAD and CI in preoperative stages, utilizing IT to monitor thermal gradients.
- Findings indicated that smoking patients exhibited greater thermal gradients and were more inclined to require above-the-knee amputations, demonstrating IT's effectiveness in the preoperative assessment of amputation levels.