User:Bmphilp/flap

'Flap'

In plastic surgery refers to the movement of skin (or other tissues) to fill a defect.

Classification

• By geometry of movement

- Rotation - Advancement - Transposition

• By type of tissue transferred

- Skin - Skin and fascia = fascio-cutaneous eg. Radial forearm flap - muscle eg Latissimus Dorsi flap - muscle and skin = myo-cutaneous - bone eg Fibula - composite: skin, muscle, bone

• Pedicled or Free
• Immediate or delayed