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FRENCH FLAP [1 record]

Record 1 1996-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

A skin flap designed and elevated adjacent to a defect and then, taking advantage of the stretchability of the skin, pulled over the defect and sutured in place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
DEF

Variété de lambeau généralement quadrilatère et allongé, que l'on fait migrer vers la perte de substance, après dissection sous-cutanée étendue, en utilisant l'élasticité de l'ensemble depuis le pédicule jusqu'à l'extrémité libre.

Spanish

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