RT Book, Section A1 Mann, Margaret A1 Bordeaux, Jeremy A1 Sengelmann, Roberta A2 Avram, Marc R. A2 Avram, Mathew M. A2 Ratner, Désirée SR Print(0) ID 1175091325 T1 Random Pattern Flaps T2 Procedural Dermatology YR 2015 FD 2015 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071795067 LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175091325 RD 2024/03/29 AB Random pattern flaps are an indispensable reconstruction option for closure of wounds which may not be suitable for healing by second intention or repair with a linear closure. Defects too large to close in a side-to-side fashion may be ideally suited for such flaps, which are recruited from adjacent tissue reservoirs and use tissue with a similar skin match. When second intention healing or linear closure may result in distortion of free margins, well-designed random pattern flaps can be helpful in redirecting and redistributing tension vectors and allow incision lines to be hidden along cosmetic boundaries and relaxed skin tension lines.