V-Y rotation advancement flap: a metanalysis and systematic review

Can Dölen, U; Sungur, N; Koçer, U.
European Journal of Plastic Surgery, December 2014, Volume 37, Issue 12, pp 635-642

Local skin flaps are used to close defects adjacent to the donor site. They are classified according to their method of movement: flaps that advance from its base to the defect (V-Y, Y-V, single-pedicle, and bipedicle advancement flaps) and flaps that move on a pivot point (rotation, transposition, and interpolation flaps). Despite its frequent use, there is not a unique name for V-Y rotation advancement flap; moreover, there is not a flap class called “rotation advancement” in the textbooks. A systematic review of the literature was conducted using “PubMed” and “Google Scholar” in December 2013.