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Abstract
We have used laser Doppler flowmetry to assess human colonic blood flow in patients with healthy mucosa and in those with active proctitis. We report a significant correlation between colonic serosal laser Doppler flux readings and serosal tissue oxygen tension (n = 45: r = 0–671: p = 0–001). Mucosal blood flow was measured using the PF309 probe of a Perimed Pf2b set on 12 kHz frequency shift. There was no significant difference throughout the colon in healthy patients. The flow in rectal mucosa was significantly higher in patients with proctocolitis than in normal mucosa.