The Different Types of Facial and Muscular Flaps

Cutaneous flaps include skin and subcutaneous tissue. A facial flap includes fascia with no overlying skin. Muscle flaps usually require additional transfer of a skin graft to cover muscle. Alternatively, muscle can be transposed as part of a muscular cutaneous flap. Examples of bone flaps include a free fibula and a free iliac crest. Finally, moving on to the mobilization type classification. This can be divided into local flaps, distal random pattern flaps,distal axiol pattern flaps and free tissue transferd in a local flap, the tissue is transferred from an area adjacent to the defect. Free tissue transfer is indicated when local or distant tissue is