title: Revision breast and chest wall reconstruction in Poland and pectus excavatum following implant complication using free deep inferior epigastric perforator flap.
abstract: This study aims to present the case of a female patient with Poland's syndrome and pectus excavatum deformity who underwent breast and chest wall reconstruction with a pre-shaped free deep inferior epigastric perforator flap. A 57-year-old female patient with Poland's syndrome and pectus excavatum presented with a Baker III capsular contracture following a previously performed implant-based right breast reconstruction. After a chest and abdominal CT angiography, she was staged as 2A1 chest wall deformity according to Park's classification and underwent implant removal and capsulectomy, followed by a pre-shaped free abdominal flap transfer, providing both breast reconstruction and chest wall deformity correction in a single stage operation. Post-operative course was uneventful, and the aesthetic result remains highly satisfactory 24 months after surgery. Deep inferior epigastric free flap represents an interesting reconstructive solution when treating Poland's syndrome female patients with chest wall and breast deformities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Medical School, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Periferiaki odos Thessalonikis, Thessaloniki 56403, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dionyssiou
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Medical School, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Periferiaki odos Thessalonikis, Thessaloniki 56403, Greece.
authors.forename: Efterpi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Demiri
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Medical School, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Periferiaki odos Thessalonikis, Thessaloniki 56403, Greece.
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Batsis
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Medical School, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Periferiaki odos Thessalonikis, Thessaloniki 56403, Greece.
authors.forename: Leonidas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pavlidis
keywords: Deep inferior epigastric perforator flap; Poland's syndrome; pectus excavatum