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Case Report

Congenital Sternal Cleft—A Case Report

by
Franciszek Halkiewicz
1,*,
Klaudia Korecka
2,
Wojciech Korlacki
2 and
Jakub Behrendt
3
1
Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Silesia, 3 Maja St. 13-15, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland
2
Department of Malformation Surgery and Traumatology, Medical University of Silesia, 3 Maja St. 13-15, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland
3
Department of Neonatal Intensive Care and Neonatal Pathology, Medical University of Silesia, 3 Maja St. 13-15, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Adv. Respir. Med. 2011, 79(6), 442-445; https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.27627
Submission received: 9 April 2011 / Revised: 25 October 2011 / Accepted: 25 October 2011 / Published: 25 October 2011

Abstract

Sternal cleft is a very rare congenital defect of the sternum, reported only in a limited number of publications. Surgical treatment in the neonatal period is preferred. A case of a child with congenital sternal cleft operated on at 17 months of age with a successful outcome of repair was reported.
Keywords: sternal cleft; surgery; congenital anomaly sternal cleft; surgery; congenital anomaly

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Halkiewicz, F.; Korecka, K.; Korlacki, W.; Behrendt, J. Congenital Sternal Cleft—A Case Report. Adv. Respir. Med. 2011, 79, 442-445. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.27627

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Halkiewicz F, Korecka K, Korlacki W, Behrendt J. Congenital Sternal Cleft—A Case Report. Advances in Respiratory Medicine. 2011; 79(6):442-445. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.27627

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Halkiewicz, Franciszek, Klaudia Korecka, Wojciech Korlacki, and Jakub Behrendt. 2011. "Congenital Sternal Cleft—A Case Report" Advances in Respiratory Medicine 79, no. 6: 442-445. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.27627

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