List of plastic surgery flaps

Below is a list of common and eponymous plastic surgery flaps with their classification and common usage. (NB - the terms interpolation flap and pedicle flap can be used interchangeably.)

List of flaps
Name Tissue Type Complexity Use Description
Abbe flapCutaneousTranspositionFull-thickness lip defects
Anterolateral thigh flap (ALT flap)MusculocutaneousFree flap/InterpolationAbdominal wall[1]/ Open tibial fractures / Esophageal reconstruction[2]
Becker flapFasciocutaneousInterpolationHand reconstruction
Deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap[3]CutaneousFree flapFree flap breast reconstruction
Dufourmental flapCutaneousRotation/Transposition
Estlander flapCutaneousTranspositionLabial commissure of mouth defects
Fibular flapOsteocutaneousFree flapMandible reconstruction
Gastrocnemius flapMuscleInterpolationOpen tibial fractures
Hatchett design flapCutaneousAdvancementForehead excisions/defects
Inferior gluteal artery perforator (IGAP) flap[4]CutaneousFree flapFree flap breast reconstruction
Karapandzic flapCutaneousRotationFull-thickness lip defects
Latissimus flapMusculocutaneousInterpolationBreast reconstruction
McGregor flapCutaneousRotationFull-thickness lip defects
Posterior interosseous artery (PIA) flapFasciocutaneousInterpolationHand reconstruction
Radial forearm/Chinese flapFasciocutaneousInterpolationHand reconstruction
Reverse sural artery flap Muscle Interpolation Calcaneal pressure sores
Rhombic/Limberg flapCutaneousRotation/Transposition
Scapular flapOsteocutaneousFree flapMandible reconstruction
Shutter design flapCutaneousAdvancementForehead excisions
Superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA) flapCutaneousFree flapFree flap breast reconstruction
Superior gluteal artery perforator (SGAP) flapCutaneousFree flapFree flap breast reconstruction
Transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap[5]MusculocutaneousFree flapFree flap breast reconstruction
Transverse upper gracillis (TUG) flapMusculocutaneousFree flapFree flap breast reconstruction
V-Y advancement flapCutaneousAdvancementRhinoplasty
Worthen forehead flapCutaneousRotationForehead excisions/defects
Z-plastyCutaneousTranspositionscars

See also

References
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