The terms free flap, free autologous tissue transfer and microvascular free tissue transfer are synonymous terms used to describe the "transplantation"...

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...

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...

Free-flap breast reconstruction is a type of autologous-tissue breast reconstruction applied after mastectomy for breast cancer, without the emplacement...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

term "free flap" where the transferred tissue is completely detached. Flap (surgery) Free flap Perforator flaps List of plastic surgery flaps Weerda...