Surgical Flaps

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.

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Networked: 513 relevant articles (18 outcomes, 40 trials/studies)

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Therapy Context: Research Results

Experts

1.	Pallua, Norbert: 4 articles (11/2010 - 01/2003)
2.	Chen, Wei-Liang: 3 articles (09/2014 - 06/2008)
3.	Yang, Zhao-Hui: 3 articles (09/2014 - 06/2008)
4.	Kimata, Yoshihiro: 3 articles (01/2014 - 11/2012)
5.	Chen, Wei-liang: 3 articles (01/2014 - 01/2010)
6.	Chen, Hung-Chi: 3 articles (06/2013 - 09/2003)
7.	Hallock, Geoffrey G: 3 articles (10/2009 - 07/2002)
8.	Ducic, Ivica: 3 articles (08/2008 - 04/2002)
9.	Shen, Yuming: 2 articles (10/2015 - 09/2013)
10.	Hu, Xiaohua: 2 articles (10/2015 - 09/2013)

Related Diseases

1.	Wounds and Injuries (Trauma) 02/01/2011 - "To evaluate the clinical efficacy of akin united flaps pedicled with dorsal carpal branch of ulnar artery in repairing complicated degloving injuries of the opposite fingers. " 04/01/1996 - "As a secondary procedure in thumb injuries, four neurovascular island flaps and one wrap around flap from the great toe were done for improved sensation. " 10/01/2013 - "This study describes our experience with lower-extremity wound reconstruction using the bipedicled flap as an alternative to pedicled flaps and free flaps. " 10/01/2015 - "Wounds of the posterior knee can be repaired with reverse posterior thigh island flaps or superior lateral genicular flaps. " 10/01/2015 - "Wounds of the lateral knee are mainly repaired with reverse anterolateral thigh island flaps, and for small wounds the use of the superior lateral genicular flaps may be considered. "
2.	Neoplasms (Cancer) 02/01/2015 - "We have evaluated the feasibility and reconstructive efficacy of chimeric flaps pedicled with the lateral circumflex femoral artery in the reconstruction of 41 through-and-through oral and maxillofacial defects after resections for cancer. " 01/01/2015 - "Our study included seven patients who underwent medial or lateral canthal region reconstruction, using orbicularis oculi myocutaneous island flaps, between 2011 and 2014, following either cutaneous tumor excision or traumatic avulsion injury. " 09/01/2014 - "This study was performed to evaluate swallowing and speech functions in patients undergoing placement of folded reverse facial-submental artery submental island flaps (FRFF) to reconstruct soft palate defects following cancer ablation. " 06/01/2010 - "The aim of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility of clinically applying facial-submental artery island flaps on primary reconstruction of oral floor defects following cancer ablation. " 06/01/2008 - "The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability of 2 patterns of submental island flaps--the facial-submental artery island flap and the reverse facial-submental artery island flap--used for reconstruction of oral and maxillofacial defects following cancer ablation. "
3.	Reperfusion Injury 01/01/2008 - "An old dream revitalised: preconditioning strategies to protect surgical flaps from critical ischaemia and ischaemia-reperfusion injury." 08/01/2001 - "In the present study, the authors examined the protective effects of vitamins A and E pretreatment on reperfusion injury induced by venous occlusion of rat epigastric island flaps based on an epigastric artery and vein pedicle. " 09/01/2012 - "The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of dexmedetomidine on ischemia-reperfusion injury of epigastric island flaps of rats. " 01/01/2007 - "In the present study, the authors evaluated the blockage of polymorphonuclear leukocyte endothelial adhesion by using a monoclonal antibody to the intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) ligand to prevent venous ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat epigastric island flaps. " 11/01/2001 - "Protective effect of fucoidin (a neutrophil rolling inhibitor) on ischemia reperfusion injury: experimental study in rat epigastric island flaps."
4.	Necrosis 10/01/2015 - "Among 59 tissue flaps of 54 patients, 55 tissue flaps of 50 patients survived, while necrosis of the distal part was observed in 4 tissue flaps, including one saphenous artery flap, two reverse anterolateral thigh island flaps, and one free latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap. " 08/01/2015 - "Surgical flap delay is commonly used in preconditioning reconstructive flaps to prevent necrosis. " 09/01/2014 - "Epidermal necrosis happened at the distal end of 8 expanded flaps, pedicled with interior upper arm artery(4 cases), orbicularis oculi muscle(3 cases) and submental artery(1 case), which healed spontaneously after dressing. " 08/01/2014 - "Of the 13 flaps used, 12 submental island flaps survived, only 1 flap had partial necrosis at the distal margin, which healed after triming and dressing. " 05/01/2013 - "The donor site defects were closed directly in 10 cases, and covered by paraumbilical island flaps in 7 flaps without no flap necrosis. "
5.	Ischemia 07/01/2007 - "The first part was an animal study in which TcPO (2) and TcPCO (2) were measured in 10 epigastric island flaps subjected to arterial or venous ischemia. " 03/01/1992 - "In this study rat epigastric island flaps were used as a model to investigate selected tissue biochemical changes occurring during secondary ischemia. " 03/01/2014 - "Many have exhausted typical sources for bypass or have ischemia in areas that are difficult to reach with an indirect pedicled flap. " 02/01/2008 - "In group 1, the control group (n = 16), the flap was transferred to the abdominal skin defect as a pedicled flap after 60 minutes of clamp ischemia. " 11/01/1998 - "Two superiorly based 15 x 7.5 cm epigastric myocutaneous island flaps were dissected in 15 Yorkshire pigs weighing 45 to 50 kg. One of the flaps was subjected to 6 hours of arterial ischemia and then reperfused for 4 hours (ischemia-reperfusion flaps), whereas the other flap was used as a non-ischemic control (non-ischemia-reperfusion flaps). "

Related Drugs and Biologics

1.	Vitamins
2.	Superoxide Dismutase
3.	Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO)
4.	Oxygen
5.	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor)
6.	Plastics
7.	Fibrin Tissue Adhesive (Fibrin Sealant)
8.	Dexmedetomidine
9.	Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 (Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1)
10.	Tetracycline (Achromycin)

Related Therapies and Procedures

1.	Transplants (Transplant)
2.	Transplantation (Transplant Recipients)
3.	Free Tissue Flaps
4.	Debridement
5.	Sutures (Suture)