'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