tissue transfer
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Indications
- reconstruction of traumatic wounds
- reconstruction of cosmetic disorder
- reconstructionn of head & neck cancer
- cutaneous ulcer refractory to medical therapy
Procedure
- movement of tissue from one site on the body to another
- a free flap implies that tissue, along with its blood supply, is detached from its origin & transferred to its destination
- a pedicled flap implies that tissue is left attached to its origin & simply transposed to its destination intact as a supply of blood to the destination tissue
Complications
- infection
- scarring &/or skin discoloration
- hemorrhage or hematoma
- skin or fat necrosis
- poor wound healing or wound separation
- anesthesia, dysesthesia
- deep vein thrombosis
- persistent edema
- persistent pain
- cosmetic disorder
More general terms
More specific terms
- conjunctival flap
- finger/toe flap
- free flap
- head & neck myofasciocutaneous flap
- muscle flap
- musculocutaneous flap
- myocutaneous flap
- osteocutaneous flap
- pedicle flap
- sensate flap
- skin flap
- tissue flap eyelid/nose/ear/lip
- tissue flap forehead/cheek/chin/mouth/neck/axilla/genitalia/hand/foot
- tissue flap scalp
- tissue flap scalp/extremity
- tissue flap, trunk
- zygomaticofacial flap; midface flap
References
- ↑ Hohlfeld J et al, Tissue engineerd fetal skin contructs for paediatric burns. Lancet 366(9488):840, 2005 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16139659
- ↑ NIGMS-Supported Basic Research on Skin Replacement Following Burn or Trauma Injury http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/features/artificial_skin.html
- ↑ Kita N The Use of Flap Techniques in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery http://plasticsurgery.about.com/od/reconstructiveprocedures/a/flaps.htm