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| Year : 2016 | Volume
: 21
| Issue : 2 | Page : 78-80 |
Complete sternal cleft - A rare congenital malformation and its repair in a 3-month-old boy: A case report
Paras Kothari, Abhaya Gupta, Prashant S Patil, Geeta Kekre, Ravi Kamble, Kiran Vishesh Dikshit
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Prashant S Patil
Ward 1A, Paediatric Surgery Ward, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.176961
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.
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