title: Aesthetic restoration of Poland's syndrome in a male patient using free anterolateral thigh perforator flap as autologous filler.
abstract: We report a case of a male patient with Poland's anomaly who was reconstructed with a free anterolateral thigh perforator flap. The flap was used successfully as an autologous filler to recreate the anterior axillary line and correct the chest contour deformity. The use of the free anterolateral thigh perforator flap is an excellent choice as an autologous filler to correct mild and moderate deformity in male Poland's syndrome, carrying low morbidity and leaving both minimal scarring and functional sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Department, Queen Victoria Hospital, Foundation Trust, NHS, East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK. gravvani@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gravvanis
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shirley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004954:Esthetics; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000637:transplantation*; D011045:Poland Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D013848:Thigh / Q000601:surgery; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology