Primary Closure of a Partial Superior Sternal Cleft in a 27-day-old Neonate: Case Report with Short Review of Literature

A sternal cleft is a chest wall malformation resulting from a failure of sternal fusion. It is a rare anomaly with an incidence of 2:100,000 live births representing less than a percent of all chest wall deformities. The aim of surgery is to provide bony protection over the mediastinal structures. W...

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Autores principales: Ravikumar, Mithun Sundararaaja, Palanisamy, Vijayanand, Raman, Karthik, Agarwal, Ravi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6629053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31316874
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4653

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6629053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31316874
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4653

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