title: List of plastic surgery flaps
text: # List of plastic surgery flaps
  
  Below is a list of common and eponymous plastic surgery flaps with their classification and common usage. (NB - the terms interpolation flap and pedicle flap can be used interchangeably.)
  
  ## List of flaps
  
  | Name | Tissue Type | Complexity | Use |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Abbe flap | Cutaneous | Transposition | Full-thickness lip defects |
  | Anterolateral thigh flap (ALT flap) | Musculocutaneous | Free flap/Interpolation | Abdominal wall/ Open tibial fractures / Esophageal reconstruction |
  | Becker flap | Fasciocutaneous | Interpolation | Hand reconstruction |
  | Deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap | Cutaneous | Free flap | Free flap breast reconstruction |
  | Dufourmental flap | Cutaneous | Rotation/Transposition | |
  | Estlander flap | Cutaneous | Transposition | Labial commissure of mouth defects |
  | Fibular flap | Osteocutaneous | Free flap | Mandible reconstruction |
  | Gastrocnemius flap | Muscle | Interpolation | Open tibial fractures |
  | Hatchett design flap | Cutaneous | Advancement | Forehead excisions/defects |
  | Inferior gluteal artery perforator (IGAP) flap | Cutaneous | Free flap | Free flap breast reconstruction |
  | Karapandzic flap | Cutaneous | Rotation | Full-thickness lip defects |
  | Latissimus flap | Musculocutaneous | Interpolation | Breast reconstruction |
  | McGregor flap | Cutaneous | Rotation | Full-thickness lip defects |
  | Posterior interosseous artery (PIA) flap | Fasciocutaneous | Interpolation | Hand reconstruction |
  | Radial forearm/Chinese flap | Fasciocutaneous | Interpolation | Hand reconstruction |
  | Reverse sural artery flap | Muscle | Interpolation | Calcaneal pressure sores |
  | Rhombic/Limberg flap | Cutaneous | Rotation/Transposition | |
  | Scapular flap | Osteocutaneous | Free flap | Mandible reconstruction |
  | Shutter design flap | Cutaneous | Advancement | Forehead excisions |
  | Superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA) flap | Cutaneous | Free flap | Free flap breast reconstruction |
  | Superior gluteal artery perforator (SGAP) flap | Cutaneous | Free flap | Free flap breast reconstruction |
  | Transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap | Musculocutaneous | Free flap | Free flap breast reconstruction |
  | Transverse upper gracillis (TUG) flap | Musculocutaneous | Free flap | Free flap breast reconstruction |
  | V-Y advancement flap | Cutaneous | Advancement | Rhinoplasty |
  | Worthen forehead flap | Cutaneous | Rotation | Forehead excisions/defects |
  | Z-plasty | Cutaneous | Transposition | scars |
  