RT Book, Section
A1 Goldman, Glenn D.
A1 Dzubow, Leonard M.
A1 Yelverton, Christopher B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1172749345
T1 Staged Pedicle Flaps
T2 Facial Flap Surgery
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB McGraw Hill LLC
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071749251
LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1172749345
RD 2024/04/19
AB Most  operative  wounds  are  suitably  repaired  with  local  adjacent  tissue  transfers.  When  a  local  flap  is  not  able  to  achieve  an  aesthetic  closure  a  staged  interpolation  flap  may  be  utilized.  Interpolation  flaps  are  delayed  pedicle  flap  reconstructions  in  which  a  flap  of  tissue  is  elevated  at  one  location  and  transposed  over  intervening  skin  to  an  operative  wound.  The  flap  is  left  in  place  for  a  defined  period  of  time  in  order  to  vascularize  from  the  recipient  bed,  and  then  the  pedicle  is  severed.  Interpolated  pedicle  flaps  allow  for  the  reconstruction  of  challenging  operative  wounds,  in  particular  wounds  of  the  nose,  ear,  and  lip.