Congenital sternal cleft.

G Biswas; N K Khandelwal; N K Venkatramu; P S Chari

doi:10.1054/bjps.2000.3527

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Congenital sternal cleft.

G Biswas·N K Khandelwal·N K Venkatramu·P S Chari

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A cleft of the sternum is a rare congenital anomaly. We present a case of a sternal cleft in a 7-year-old boy. A split iliac bone graft covered with the sternocostal portion of a pectoralis major flap was used to reconstruct the defect.

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G Biswas, N K Khandelwal, N K Venkatramu, P S Chari. 2001. Congenital sternal cleft.. https://doi.org/10.1054/bjps.2000.3527

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