Z-plasty

Z-plasty /Z-plas·ty/ (ze´plas-te) repair of a skin defect by the transposition of two triangular flaps, for relaxation of scar contractures.

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Z-plas·ty (zplst)

n.

A surgical procedure to elongate a contracted scar or to rotate tension 90°, in which the middle line of the Z-shaped incision is made along the line of greatest tension or contraction, and triangular flaps are raised on opposite sides of the two ends and then transposed.

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Z-plasty

[zē′plas′tē]

a method of surgical revision of a scar or closure of a wound using a Z-shaped incision to reduce contractures of the adjacent skin. See also Y-plasty.

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Z-plasty,

n a surgical procedure using the transposition of tissue flaps to ensure the release of contractures, as in the repair of a cleft lip or in ankyloglossia.

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Z-plasty

repair of a skin defect by the transposition of two triangular flaps of adjacent skin, for relaxation of scar contractures. Called also zigzagplasty.

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Z-plasty

Surgery A surgical incision that lengthens a zone of skin or a muscle, 'breaking up' a linear scar or repositioning an incision to a line of least tension. See Y plasty.