Surgical Flaps

"Surgical Flaps" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D013524
MeSH Number(s)	A10.850.710 E07.862.710
Concept/Terms	Surgical Flaps Surgical Flaps Surgical Flap Flap, Surgical Flaps, Surgical Island Flaps Island Flaps Pedicled Flap Pedicled Flap Flap, Pedicled Flaps, Pedicled Pedicled Flaps

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Surgical Flaps".

Anatomy [A]
Tissues [A10]
Surgically-Created Structures [A10.850]
Surgical Flaps [A10.850.710]
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Equipment and Supplies [E07]
Surgically-Created Structures [E07.862]
Surgical Flaps [E07.862.710]

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