Repair of inferior sternal cleft using a titanium plate in an infant with pentalogy of Cantrell.
Repair of a sternal cleft should be performed as early as possible, and the ideal material for this treatment is autologous tissue. We report the use of a titanium plate to repair the sternal cleft in a five-month-old patient with pentalogy of Cantrell because of the size of the defect and the limited availability of autologous tissue.
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.|Key Laboratory of Pediatrics in Chongqing, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China.
Tingjiang
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Qin
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.|Key Laboratory of Pediatrics in Chongqing, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China.
Yingbei
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Liu
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China. incavnate@126.com.|Key Laboratory of Pediatrics in Chongqing, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China. incavnate@126.com.
Yong
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An
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D001860:Bone Plates; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009139:Musculoskeletal Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D058502:Pentalogy of Cantrell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013249:Sternum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D013905:Thoracoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D014025:Titanium; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014945:Wound Healing
D014025:Titanium