"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Surgical Flaps" by people in this website by year, and whether "Surgical Flaps" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Surgical Flaps" by people in Profiles.
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Repair of a Large Ear Defect Including the Triangular Fossa. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2026 Jul 01; 39(6):E308-E309.
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Surgical repair of isolated right pulmonary artery using pulmonary artery flap and preserved PDA stent. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2026 Mar 10; 21(1).
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Management Strategies for Patients With Multiple Extremity Necrosis Following Life-Sustaining Vasosupportive Intensive Care. J Hand Surg Am. 2026 03; 51(3):334-347.
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Novel use of the rectus abdominus muscle flap for vaginal reconstruction in complex obstetric fistula repair: A case series. BJOG. 2025 Jan; 132(1):6-11.
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MANAGEMENT OF LARGE FULL-THICKNESS MACULAR HOLES: Long-Term Outcomes of Internal Limiting Membrane Flaps and Internal Limiting Membrane Peels. Retina. 2024 07 01; 44(7):1165-1170.
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Quantifying Sagittal Lip Changes in Patients with Bilateral Cleft Lip Post Abbe Flap Reconstruction. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2025 Jul; 62(7):1107-1113.
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Non-adherent dressings to make skin flaps stick. Dermatol Online J. 2024 Apr 15; 30(2).
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Abbe Flap Division Before Two Weeks' Time: Harmful or Advantageous? Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2025 Apr; 62(4):596-600.
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Rhinoplasty with Concurrent Repair of Septal Perforation. Facial Plast Surg. 2023 Dec; 39(6):603-608.
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Endoscopic-Indocyanine Green Angiography Assisted Microtia Reconstruction. Laryngoscope. 2023 12; 133(12):3615-3618.