Successful surgical repair of complete sternal cleft in an adult
Husain Jabbad1, Rajab Shehata, Khaled Al-Ebrahim
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|August 20, 2010
Abstract:
We describe direct repair of congenital complete sternal cleft in a 35-year-old woman, using titanium plates fixed by pre-drilled screws to the manubrium and costal cartilages. This provided excellent protective and cosmetic results.

