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Descriptor English: Surgical Flaps
Descriptor Spanish: Colgajos Quirúrgicos
Descriptor colgajos quirúrgicos
Entry term(s) colgajo en isla
colgajos aislados
Scope note: Lenguas de piel y tejido subcutáneo, que algunas veces incluyen músculo, separadas de las partes subyacentes aunque todavía unidas por uno de los extremos. Mantienen su propia microvascularización, que también es transferida a la nueva localización. Se usan en cirugía plástica para reparar defectos en regiones vecinas. El concepto comprende los colgajos pediculados, rotados, tubulares, etc.
Descriptor Portuguese: Retalhos Cirúrgicos
Descriptor French: Lambeaux chirurgicaux
Entry term(s): Flap, Island
Flap, Pedicled
Flap, Surgical
Flaps, Island
Flaps, Pedicled
Flaps, Surgical
Island Flap
Island Flaps
Pedicled Flap
Pedicled Flaps
Surgical Flap
Tree number(s): A10.850.710
E07.862.710
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013524
Scope note: Tongues of skin and subcutaneous tissue, sometimes including muscle, cut away from the underlying parts but often still attached at one end. They retain their own microvasculature which is also transferred to the new site. They are often used in plastic surgery for filling a defect in a neighboring region.
Annotation: includes skin & muscle tissue but do not specify site or tissue unless particularly discussed; do not coordinate with TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
BS blood supply
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IM immunology
IR innervation
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
SU surgery
TD trends
TR transplantation
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Skin (1966-1979)
Surgery, Plastic (1966-1979)
Transplantation, Autologous (1966-1979)
Public MeSH Note: 80
History Note: 80
Entry Version: SURG FLAPS
DeCS ID: 13905
Unique ID: D013524
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Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/12/14
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Surgical Flaps - Preferred
Concept UI M0020887
Scope note Tongues of skin and subcutaneous tissue, sometimes including muscle, cut away from the underlying parts but often still attached at one end. They retain their own microvasculature which is also transferred to the new site. They are often used in plastic surgery for filling a defect in a neighboring region.
Preferred term Surgical Flaps
Entry term(s) Flap, Surgical
Flaps, Surgical
Surgical Flap
Island Flaps - Narrower
Concept UI M0544415
Scope note A mass of tissue that has been cut away from its surrounding areas for AUTOLOGOUS TRANSPLANTATION, but it remains attached to its original location via blood vessels only.
Preferred term Island Flaps
Entry term(s) Flap, Island
Flaps, Island
Island Flap
Pedicled Flap - Narrower
Concept UI M0544416
Scope note A mass of tissue that has been cut away from its surrounding areas for AUTOLOGOUS TRANSPLANTATION, except for its attachment via a strip of tissue containing the blood supply.
Preferred term Pedicled Flap
Entry term(s) Flap, Pedicled
Flaps, Pedicled
Pedicled Flaps



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