Surgical Repair of a Superior Sternal Cleft in an Infant
Abstract Sternal cleft is a rare congenital malformation with little more than 100 cases published worldwide. Incomplete sternal clefting in a female newborn is the most frequent form seen. First-line treatment is the surgical defect closure in the neonatal period. Presurgical examination has to foc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2015-06-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1552561 |