title: Perforator flap terminology: update 2002.
abstract: The first terminology consensus on perforator flaps, reached in 2001, was reviewed and further simplified following the Sixth International Course on Perforator Flaps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Gent, De Pintelaan 185, 2K12C B-900 Gent, Belgium. phillip.blondeel@rug.ac.be
authors.forename: Phillip N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Blondeel
authors.forename: Koenraad
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Van Landuyt
authors.forename: Moustapha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamdi
authors.forename: Stan J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Monstrey
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000145:classification* / Q000639:trends; D009626:Terminology as Topic