com·pos·ite flap

, compound flap

a flap containing 2 or more tissue elements, usually skin, muscle, bone, or cartilage.

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com·pos·ite flap

, compound flap (kŏm-poz'it flap, kom'pownd flap)

A flap of two or more elements incorporating underlying muscle, bone, or cartilage.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

References in periodicals archive

The surgeon creates a composite flap made up of mucoperichondrium and a "button" of attached cartilage (figure 2).

A new method for closure of small to medium-size nasoseptal perforations

[14-19] Hairless donor site of the flap, its elevation as a composite flap (involving nerve, vessels, and tendon), and better tissue compliance makes it a good alternative in reparation of composite defects.

Reconstruction of Finger Composite Defects with Perforator Free Flap from the Superficial Palmar Branch of Radial Artery

won a contract to design and manufacture composite flap track fairings for wings on the CSeries.

Aircraft Supplier & MRO News - North America

Dermal composite flaps reconstructed from acellular dermis: A novel method of neourethral reconstruction.

Flap Based Reconstruction for the Defects of Fournier's Gangrene

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