V-Y plasty

V-Y flap

a technique in which a flap is incised in the shape of a V but advanced and inset so that the resulting suture line has the shape of a Y; used to gain additional length of tissue. Synonym(s): V-Y plasty

V-Y plasty

(vē′wī′ plăs′tē)n. A surgical method for lengthening tissues in one direction by cutting in the lines of a V, sliding the two segments apart, and closing in the lines of a Y.

V-Y plas·ty

(plas'tē) A surgical method for lengthening tissues in one direction by cutting in the lines of a V, sliding the two segments apart, and closing in the lines of a Y.