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A case of adipofascial free flap. (A) Preoperative photograph of a 14-year-old male patient with progressive hemifacial atrophy on the left side. (B) Postoperative view 1 year after lateral intercostal artery perforator-based adipofascial free flap reconstruction. The asymmetrical facial appearance improved.
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A symmetric appearance was found to have been restored 1 year later (Fig. 5).
Case of adipofascial free flap. (A) Preoperative photograph of a 7-year-old boy with Parry-Romberg disease affecting the left side of his face. He underwent lateral intercostal artery perforator-based adipofascial free flap reconstruction for cheek augmentation. One year later, he developed forehead depression, and dermofat was harvested from the previous surgical site on the chest and grafted to the forehead depression area. (B) Postoperative view 7 years after free flap reconstruction, showing a comparatively symmetrical face.
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Six years after the second flap surgery, his face was relatively balanced (Fig. 6).