Larger cancers require composite resection with reconstruction of the defect by pedicle flaps.

"Pedicle flap" means the flap of tissue from the back or belly is moved to the chest without cutting its original blood supply.

TRAM may be done as either a pedicle flap or a free flap.

Latissimus dorsi (LD) flap is a type of pedicle flap surgery.

Von Graefe modified the Italian method using a free skin graft from the arm instead of the original delayed pedicle flap.

Tissue necrosis of the medial pedicle flap is a potential, but rare, complication of mastopexy procedures.

Victor Morax would split the corneal tissue into two vertical layers, introducing the coloring substance under the pedicle flap.

Sir Harold Gillies developed his pioneering pedicle flap surgery with injured soldiers from World War II.

Cutting out the Burrow's triangle (skin and subcutaneous fat) permits the moving the pedicle flap, to emplace it without buckling the tissues adjacent to the graft.

The SECT graft is a sort of hybrid procedure that combines the pedicle flap with the free gingival graft and enjoys the benefits of both.

Hence, the tissue volume of the pedicle flap is essential for establishing the adequate projection of the upper pole of the breast, where the breast originates from the chest.

After removing the cancerous tissues, the reconstructive rhinoplasty will provide skin coverage using either skin grafts or pedicle flaps, (see Nasal Reconstruction, Paramedian Forehead Flap).