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Sternal Cleft Reconstruction: A 12-year Follow-up and Technique Modification.

Sydney Somers¹, Ricki Chen¹, John Tipps¹

¹From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT.

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Surgical repair of superior partial sternal clefts can be challenging. A modified technique, using resected sternal segments as a bone graft and pectoralis muscle flaps, shows successful 12-year outcomes.

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Sternal cleft defects are rare congenital anomalies requiring complex surgical management.

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