Every one to ten days a baby is born in the United States with Poland’s Syndrome, a chest wall anomaly. Characterized by an absence of the pectoralis muscle and at times a webbed appearance of the fingers of the same side of the body, this rare condition is a congenital disorder.
Poland’s Syndrome has been observed to affect girls more than boys with the latter group displaying less visible signs. Usually girls who are affected by this condition can receive help from a reconstructive breast surgery procedure to correct asymmetry in breasts.
Plastic surgeons, when confronted with a reconstructive breast surgery to correct breast asymmetry have to study patients for three essential requirements.
- The development of the breasts has to be evaluated with the help of the patient.
- The extent of the chest wall deformity has to be established.
- The availability of the latissimus dorsi muscle has to be determined.
Without the patient meeting these three requirements, the plastic surgeon cannot go ahead with the procedure. Delaying reconstructive breast surgery till these conditions are met or can be resolved is the prudent step to take in this case. The discomfort faced would not be a physical one as much as an aesthetic one.
Colleen Kelly, a 20 year old who recently underwent a reconstructive breast surgery to correct the breast deformity caused due to Poland’s Syndrome benefited greatly from this plastic surgery procedure.
If you are facing a similar deformity, contact the Plastic Surgery Institute of California. We will help you out.
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