Talk:Flap (surgery)

Wiki Education WikiProject Medicine Fall 2022 UCF COM

Hi everyone, I am working on this section as part of my medical school course. I would like to improve this page using the wikiproject medicine format.

I would like to:

1.     Convert the page to follow the wikiproject medicine format.

2.     Move the classifications section to techniques

3.     Prioritize the Uses and History sections

4.     Improve on the references section and intext citations. There are 10 references and all are older than 10yrs.

5.     More pictures for flaps

6.     Add embedded links where needed.

7.     Replace citation 5 (Turner AJ, Parkhouse N. Revisiting the reconstructive ladder. Plast Reconst Surg 2006; 118(1):267–268.) this is a letter to the editor and does not describe the reconstructive ladder at all. Drew.Broda (talk) 17:46, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi Drew!

Here is my peer review of your changes to the flap surgery article.

Lead

• You added a lot of excellent material to this article, but I believe you left the lead section unchanged. I think the existing lead section serves as a very good first paragraph, but you may want to add another 2 or 3 sentences in a new paragraph to briefly summarize what you’ve added to the article.

• You could write a sentence or two about the history of flap surgery. Next, you could briefly mention something about anatomy, then a brief overview of flap classification, the risks associated with flap surgery, and the recovery from flap surgery.

Content

• All the content you added is entirely appropriate and well discussed. I think you struck a good balance between being general yet providing enough detail to provide the reader with a good understanding of flap surgery. I like that you added introductory information to a lot of the content that already existed like the new paragraph in the “Anatomy” section. I think this improves readability. All the new sections you added (Contraindications, Risk/Complications, Recovery, and History) are outstanding. Great work!

• The added content is up to date. I like that you were able to get good information from “Grabb and Smith’s Plastic Surgery” textbook which was published in 2020, so we can be fairly certain that the information is current and reliable. The Guyuron et al. textbook on plastic surgery is a little older (2009), but still entirely appropriate. The Wolff and Holze textbook is also a nice addition – current and reliable.

• The additional content is appropriate, and it follows WikiProject Medicine’s favored organization for surgical procedures. The only content that seemed out of place was that you something about flap failure in both “Risk/Complications” and “Recovery.” I can see the dilemma as flap failure applies to both. I’ll leave it to your judgement, but all the content starting with “The reported flap failure rate…” in “Recovery” may be better suited for the “Risk/Complications” section.

• One area of potentially missing content would be a discussion of “Designer flaps” which are flaps that have been prefabricated and are used in rare situations where anatomic flaps are prohibited for some reason.

• The risks/complications section could be expanded to include potential risks of damage to the donor site and the possibility of nerve damage.

Tone and balance

• The tone is excellent. I don’t note any biased viewpoints. It all sounds neutral and appropriately scientific.

Sources and references

• The sources added are up to date and relevant. Although, I would suggest citing the original book by Gillies for reference #3. What you have currently is a reference to a book review of the Gillies text. You’ll also note that the citation includes how much the book costs which seems odd.

• At the very end of the citations list, it says “Cite error: A list-defined reference…” I’m not sure what this means, but I think it warrants investigation to see if you can fix it. Seems there might be something wrong with a citation you added regarding the Guyuron text.

Organization

• All of the added text is concise and well-written. There are a few typos that need correcting (e.g., “combination” should be “combinations” in the Anatomy section, misspelled Gillies as Gilles in the History section).

• The content is well organized and follows WikiProject Medicine’s outline for surgical procedures.

Overall impressions

• The article has absolutely been improved a great deal. Drew expanded the article by over 30%, added new sections that comply with WikiProject Medicine’s preferred structure, and added new text and images that help readers better understand flap surgery. While the article is much more complete than it was, it can still be expanded by other Wikipedians in the future. Another positive aspect of Drew’s edits is that he added structure to the article that will make further expansion logical and easier to undertake. The new history section already includes a lot of great information and has a nice chronological structure, but I think it could be more robust and detailed.

• The strengths of the added content are the improved and expanded structure, the up-to-date references, and the neutral tone. I also especially appreciate the extensive new history section.

-Richard Rrevia (talk) 18:33, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: WikiProject Medicine Fall 2022 UCF COM

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 24 October 2022 and 18 November 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Drew.Broda (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Rrevia.

— Assignment last updated by DrDexterN (talk) 20:40, 14 November 2022 (UTC)