title: Complete sternal cleft - A rare congenital malformation and its repair in a 3-month-old boy: A case report.
abstract: Complete midline sternal cleft is a rare congenital anomaly resulting from failed midline ventral fusion of the sternal bars. Very few cases of complete sternal cleft have been described in literature. We present a case of complete sternal cleft in a 3-month-old child. The patient underwent primary closure of the defect using stainless steel wires.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Paras
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kothari
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Abhaya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Prashant S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Geeta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kekre
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kamble
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Kiran Vishesh
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Dikshit
keywords: Hemangioma; arterial anomalies; coarctation of the aorta; eye abnormalities (PHACE); hemangiomas; posterior fossa malformations; primary surgical repair; sternal cleft