Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver
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Comparative Study
Direct measurement of hepatic tissue hypoxia by using a novel tcpO2/pCO2 monitoring system in comparison with near-infrared spectroscopy.
Hepatic hypoxia occurs during liver surgery and transplantation and it may also appear within liver tumours, correlating with prognosis and efficacy of the treatment. The present study measured liver tissue hypoxia by directly using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and a novel tcpO2/pCO2 monitoring system. ⋯ The data from the present study suggest that, like NIRS, the tcpO2/pCO2 monitoring system can be reliably used for the direct monitoring of hepatic tissue oxygenation in vivo.