Mail Today BureauNew Delhi March 23, 2015 UPDATED: March 23, 2015 11:59 IST

Doctors use thigh fat to recreate breast for woman with Polandsyndrome

"Poland syndrome is a genetic problem that typically appears during a girl's teenageyears. It causes absence of breast growth in just one side of the body and lack ofchest muscles," said Dr Vivek Kumar of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.

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The woman was operated on at Ganga Ram Hospital

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woman was operated on at Ganga Ram Hospital

In what has been termed a breakthrough surgery, doctors at a hospital in Delhi have used

body fat from the thigh to help recreate natural breast of a woman who was diagnosed

with a condition called Poland syndrome.

"Poland syndrome is a genetic problem that typically appears during a girl's teenage

years. It causes absence of breast growth in just one side of the body and lack of chest

muscles," said Dr Vivek Kumar, consultant at the department of Plastic and Cosmetic

Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, who performed the surgery.

"The 23-year-old woman from Indore was diagnosed with Poland syndrome when she

reached puberty. She then herself searched the Internet for treatment available for the

condition and met several doctors to find about fat grafting and breast implant," Kumar

said.

Fat grafting, fat transfer or fat injection, is a natural, marginally invasive surgery for those

seeking breast intensification or correcting the deformity caused due to Poland

syndrome. As part of the procedure, fat is removed from the parts of the body where it is

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present significantly, such as the thighs, stomach or buttocks, and is then decontaminated

to isolate the healthy fat cells from the impaired ones before being transferred to the

region of the body that is deficient in volume, Kumar said.

The surgery was performed on June 28 last year. Fat grafting is the latest technique for

breast augmentation and has reached India recently.

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