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SURGICAL FLAP [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

A mass of tissue for grafting, usually including skin, only partially removed from one part of the body so that it retains its own blood supply during its transfer to a new location; used to repair defects in an adjacent or distant part of the body.

Key term(s)
  • surgical flap

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
DEF

Fragment de peau ou de muscle qui n'est rattaché à ses tissus d'origine que par un pédicule vascularisé.

OBS

Le lambeau est utilisé pour combler certaines pertes de substances.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía
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