The terms free flap, free autologous tissue transfer and microvascular free tissue transfer are synonymous terms used to describe the "transplantation"...
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Look up flap in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Flap may refer to: Flap (film), a 1970 American film Flap, a boss character in the arcade game Gaiapolis...
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Phalloplasty (section Flap from the arm)
using rib cartilage in a reconstructed phallus made from a tubed abdominal flap in 1936. The first gender-affirming surgery for a trans man was performed...
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Free-flap breast reconstruction is a type of autologous-tissue breast reconstruction applied after mastectomy for breast cancer, without the emplacement...
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Flap surgery is a technique in plastic and reconstructive surgery where tissue with an intact blood supply is lifted from a donor site and moved to a recipient...
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Perforator flap surgery is a technique used in reconstructive surgery where skin and/or subcutaneous fat are removed from a distant or adjacent part of...
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Breast reconstruction (redirect from TRAM flap)
recipient site (also known as a free flap or free tissue transfer). The latissimus dorsi is a prime example of such a flap since it can remain attached to...
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Scalp reconstruction (section Free flap)
When bulk is needed for a better contour a free flap is used, or as shown in the pictures, a regional flap. If the skin defect does not exceed 3 cm in...
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Tissue expansion (section Radial forearm free flaps)
the need for a split thickness skin graft after harvesting a forearm free flap. The authors noted that this results in less pain as well as reduced healing...
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term "free flap" where the transferred tissue is completely detached. Flap (surgery) Free flap Perforator flaps List of plastic surgery flaps Weerda...
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