Surgical Flaps
| Medical Definition: |
Tongues of tissue (skin and subcutaneous tissue, sometimes including muscle) cut away from the underlying parts but attached at one end. They retain their own blood supply during transfer to the new site. They are used in plastic surgery for filling a defect in a neighboring region. The concept includes pedicled flaps, rotation flaps, tube flaps, etc. |
| Guide Notes: |
includes skin & muscle tissue but do not specify site or tissue unless particularly discussed; do not coord with TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; pedicled grafts, rotation flaps, tube flaps, free tissue flaps, soft tissue flaps go here; note X ref ISLAND FLAP |
| Previously Indexed: |
Skin (1966-1979),Surgery, Plastic (1966-1979),Transplantation, Autologous (1966-1979) |
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