Complex reconstruction of the chest wall and breast utilizing a customized silicone implant.
The correction of chest wall anomalies with Poland's syndrome may require a variety of surgical options, depending on the severity of the deformities presenting in a given patient. In difficult cases a customized silicone breast and chest wall prostheses may be used as an alternative method to reconstruct both structures.
Hochberg
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West Virginia University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Morgantown 26506-9238.
Ardenghy
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Graeber
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GM
Murray
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D011045:Poland Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012828:Silicones; D013536:Suture Techniques
D012828:Silicones