Reply to letter regarding submission entitled: Cracking the perfusion code? - Laser-assisted Indocyanine Green angiography and combined laser Doppler spectrophotometry for intraoperative evaluation of tissue perfusion in autologous breast reconstruction with DIEP or ms-TRAM flaps

We thank the authors for their inspiring comment. As we stated in our study fundamental microsurgical training as well as broad experience in judging flap perfusion and skin perfusion, respectively, is one of the most important surgeon´s tools. Furthermore we need to advance new technologies to lower even minor complications such as perfusion-related partial flap/fat necrosis.

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