TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Transposition Flaps A1 - Goldman, Glenn D. A1 - Dzubow, Leonard M. A1 - Yelverton, Christopher B. PY - 2013 T2 - Facial Flap Surgery AB - A transposition flap is elevated from an area of laxity, lifted over an adjacent area of tissue, and transposed into an operative wound. Even more so than with rotation, transposition flaps accomplish tension redirection and redistribution.1 Adjacent laxity is tapped into to mobilize and transfer tissue from an area of laxity to an area of “need.” Transposition flaps are able to redirect tension vectors completely perpendicular to the needed primary motion of the repair, and as such can literally push tissue into a wound in order to avoid tension on a crucial structure or free margin. The prototype of this flap group is termed the rhombic design.2–7 Other commonly utilized transposition flaps include the banner or unilobed flaps such as the single-staged nasolabial flap, the bilobed flap, the trilobed flap, and the 30° angle flap. SN - PB - McGraw Hill LLC CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/03 UR - dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174770627 ER -