| Literature DB >> 21850590 |
El Hassane Kabiri1, Akram Traibi, Abdellatif Boulahya.
Abstract
A cleft of the sternum is a rare congenital anomaly. We report a rare case of complete sternal cleft in a 25-year-old woman. After surgical correction of the pectus excavatum, complete closure by direct approximation of the freshened sternal remnants to the midline, without interposition of tissue graft or inert prosthesis, was achieved in our patient. The functional and cosmetic result was excellent after complete healing.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 21850590 DOI： 10.1007/s11748-010-0734-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg ISSN： 1863-6705