"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A10.850.710 E07.862.710
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| Concept/Terms |
Surgical Flaps- Surgical Flaps
- Surgical Flap
- Flap, Surgical
- Flaps, Surgical
Pedicled Flap- Pedicled Flap
- Flap, Pedicled
- Flaps, Pedicled
- Pedicled Flaps
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Surgical Flaps" by people in Profiles.
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Clinical Outcomes Following Resection of Distal Lower Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcomas. Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013). 2023 Dec; 81(4):265-272.
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Comparison of high-flow CSF leak closure with nasoseptal flap following endoscopic endonasal approach in adult and pediatric populations. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2022 03; 12(3):321-323.
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Prior smoking and nasoseptal flap usage adversely impact quality of life and healing after endoscopic pituitary surgery. Neurosurg Focus. 2020 06; 48(6):E17.
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A Consensus Definition and Classification System of Oncoplastic Surgery Developed by the American Society of Breast Surgeons. Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Oct; 26(11):3436-3444.
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Soft Tissue Reconstruction and Flap Coverage for Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2016 07; 31(7):1529-38.
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Clinical Outcomes of the Flexor Carpi Ulnaris?Turnover Flap for Posterior Elbow Soft?Tissue Defects. J Hand Surg Am. 2015 Dec; 40(12):2358-63.
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What Factors Influence the Success of Medial Gastrocnemius Flaps in the Treatment of Infected TKAs? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2016 Mar; 474(3):752-63.
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Cleft lift procedure for pilonidal disease: technique and perioperative management. Tech Coloproctol. 2015 Aug; 19(8):477-82.
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Thymic flap for bronchial stump reinforcement after lobectomy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Mar; 99(3):1071-3.
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Anterolateral thigh adipofascial flap in mucosal reconstruction. JAMA Facial Plast Surg. 2014 Nov-Dec; 16(6):395-9.