List of plastic surgery flaps

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Several techniques for creating flaps are used in plastic surgery.

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List of flaps

NameTissue Type Complexity Use
Abbe flap CutaneousTranspositionFull-thickness lip defects
Anterolateral thigh flap (ALT flap)Musculocutaneous Free flap/InterpolationAbdominal wall [1] / Open tibial fractures / Esophageal reconstruction [2]
Becker flapFasciocutaneousInterpolation Hand reconstruction
Deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap [3] Cutaneous Free flap Free flap breast reconstruction
Dufourmental flapCutaneous Rotation/Transposition
Estlander flapCutaneousTransposition Labial commissure of mouth defects
Fibular flapOsteocutaneous Free flap Mandible reconstruction
Gastrocnemius flapMuscleInterpolationOpen tibial fractures
Hatchett design flapCutaneousAdvancement Forehead excisions/defects
Inferior gluteal artery perforator (IGAP) flap [4] Cutaneous Free flap Free flap breast reconstruction
Karapandzic flapCutaneous Rotation Full-thickness lip defects
Latissimus flapMusculocutaneousInterpolation Breast reconstruction
McGregor flapCutaneous Rotation Full-thickness lip defects
Posterior interosseous artery (PIA) flapFasciocutaneousInterpolation Hand reconstruction
Radial forearm/Chinese flapFasciocutaneousInterpolation Hand reconstruction
Reverse sural artery flapMuscleInterpolation Calcaneal pressure sores
Rhombic/Limberg flapCutaneous Rotation/Transposition
Scapular flapOsteocutaneous Free flap Mandible reconstruction
Shutter design flapCutaneousAdvancement Forehead excisions
Superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA) flapCutaneous Free flap Free flap breast reconstruction
Superior gluteal artery perforator (SGAP) flapCutaneous Free flap Free flap breast reconstruction
Transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap [5] Musculocutaneous Free flap Free flap breast reconstruction
Transverse upper gracillis (TUG) flap Musculocutaneous Free flap Free flap breast reconstruction
V-Y advancement flapCutaneousAdvancement Rhinoplasty
Worthen forehead flapCutaneous Rotation Forehead excisions/defects
Z-plasty CutaneousTransposition scars

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References

  1. ↑ "Sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma local relapse on abdominal wall. Oncological resection and complex abdominal wall reconstruction". Cirugia espanola. 2020-12-19. doi:10.1016/j.ciresp.2020.11.019. ISSN   1578-147X.
  2. ↑ Ruiz-Moya A, Segura-Sampedro JJ, Sicilia-Castro D, Carvajo-Pérez F, Gómez-Cía T, Vázquez-Medina A, Ibáñez-Delgado F (Jan 2016). "Chimeric Anterolateral Thigh Flap for Total Thoracic Esophageal Reconstruction". Ann. Thorac. Surg. 101 (1): 338–42. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.121 . hdl: 10668/9675 . PMID   26694271.
  3. ↑ "Microsurgeon DIEP" . Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "BRA IGAP". Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "eMedicine TRAM" . Retrieved 13 October 2014.
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