[Custom made chest-wall implant and Poland's syndrome: Between art and science].
Poland's syndrome is a well-described congenital thoracic deformity with mostly only an aesthetic damage. We report the case of a chest-wall correction of a young male patient by a custom made silicone implant, detailing the original process of manufacturing, and justifying the choice not to use a conventional technique of reconstruction. This alternative enhances the surgeon's therapeutic arsenal, so that he can provide a customized answer, adapted to the requirements and the morphological characteristics of each patient.
Department of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, Amiens university hospital, Picardie, France.
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D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011045:Poland Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult