"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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| 1995 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2010 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2011 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2017 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 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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Bakillah E, Brooks AD, Adekeye S. Switching to Tumescent Dissection in Mastectomy. Breast J. 2025; 2025:7634729.
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Regmi P, Sah VP, Kumar Sah B, Khanal B, Kumar A, Gupta RK. Peritoneal flap hernioplasty for large ventral hernias: a systematic review and meta-analysis : PFH for large ventral hernia. Hernia. 2024 Nov 16; 29(1):18.
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Starr MR, Hinkle JC, Patel LG, Ammar MJ, Soares RR, Patel SN, Cohen MN, Hsu J, Yonekawa Y, Ho AC, Regillo CD, Gupta OP. RANDOMIZED TRIAL COMPARING MICROSERRATED VERSUS CONVENTIONAL INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE FORCEPS FOR INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE PEELING. Retina. 2024 Aug 01; 44(8):1323-1328.
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Jones VM, Nelson JA, Sevilimedu V, Le T, Allen RJ, Mehrara BJ, Barrio AV, Capko DM, Heerdt AS, Tadros AB, Gemignani ML, Morrow M, Sacchini V, Moo TA. Impact of Mastectomy Flap Necrosis on Patient-Reported Quality-of-Life Measures After Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy: A Preliminary Analysis. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Oct; 31(10):6795-6803.
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Arianpour K, Byrne PJ. Nasal Lining Reconstruction with Prelaminated Forehead Flap. Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2024 May; 32(2):239-246.
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Gil LA, Deans KJ, Minneci PC. Management of Pilonidal Disease: A Review. JAMA Surg. 2023 08 01; 158(8):875-883.
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Hairston H, Gardner JR, Hagood J, King DL, Vural EA, Moreno MA, Benson DG, Sunde J. Routine Contrasted Chest CT Accurately Identifies Anatomic Variations of the Proximal Subscapular System. Laryngoscope. 2024 02; 134(2):684-687.
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Arianpour K, Liu SW, Ciolek PJ, Prendes BL, Fritz MA. Mandibular Osteoradionecrosis: Defining the Microbial Milieu and Antimicrobial Resistance at the Time of Rescue Flap Surgery. Laryngoscope. 2024 01; 134(1):166-169.
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Kapoor H, Gulati V, Gulati A, Donuru A, Parekh M. Comprehensive Imaging Review of Pleural Fistulas from Diagnosis to Management. Radiographics. 2022 Nov-Dec; 42(7):1940-1955.
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Ismail T, Kurlander DE, Lee ZH, Lunger A, Shuck JW, Largo RD, Chang EI. The Medial Femoral Condyle Flap: A Novel Versatile Tool for Complex Microvascular Maxillofacial Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 01 01; 151(1):115e-119e.