Complete sternal cleft - A rare congenital malformation and its repair in a 3-month-old boy: A case report

• Main Authors: Paras Kothari (Author), Abhaya Gupta (Author), Prashant S Patil (Author), Geeta Kekre (Author), Ravi Kamble (Author), Kiran Vishesh Dikshit (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Complete midline sternal cleft is a rare congenital anomaly resulting from failed midline ventral fusion of the sternal bars. Very few cases of complete sternal cleft have been described in literature. We present a case of complete sternal cleft in a 3-month-old child. The patient underwent primary...