Autologous repair of isolated complete sternal cleft in an adolescent
Vinay Jadhav1, Sanjay Rao, Ashley D'Cruz
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Narayana Hrudayalaya, Anekal Taluk, Bangalore 560099, India.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|December 17, 2009
Abstract:
Isolated sternal clefts are rare congenital anomalies. Complete clefts are rarer still with only 23 cases being reported. We present an adolescent girl with a complete sternal cleft. The cleft was treated with autologous anterior perichondrial flaps and pectoralis advancement flaps.


