Autologous repair of isolated complete sternal cleft in an adolescent.
Isolated sternal clefts are rare congenital anomalies. Complete clefts are rarer still with only 23 cases being reported. We present an adolescent girl with a complete sternal cleft. The cleft was treated with autologous anterior perichondrial flaps and pectoralis advancement flaps.
Jadhav
Vinay
V
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Narayana Hrudayalaya, Anekal Taluk, Bangalore 560099, India.
Rao
Sanjay
S
D'Cruz
Ashley
A
D000004:Abbreviations as Topic; D000293:Adolescent; D002356:Cartilage / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000601:surgery / Q000637:transplantation; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012272:Ribs / Q000601:surgery; D013249:Sternum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps