Evaluation of injured intestine with the aid of fluorescein
Marzella, L.; Brotman, S.; Mayer, J.; Cowley, R.A.
American Surgeon 50(11): 599-602
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1348 PMID: 6497182 Document Number: 225992
In an animal model, a new diagnostic use for fluorescein as an aid in determining intestinal viability after blunt trauma, has been evaluated. Areas of traumatized intestine that do not fluoresce are invariably necrotic; fluorescing tissue is always viable. Fluorescein is a simple and rapid means of evaluating traumatized intestine, and it may prove to be a useful adjunct to the clinical examination.