Outcomes of primary repair of sternal cleft defects: Providing a “bony cover”

ABSTRACT: ABSTRACT

Background :

Sternal clefts are rare congenital anterior chest wall defects created by a lack of midline thoracic fusion. Various surgical repairs have been proposed to provide protection to underlying viscera in these defects.

Aim :

This study aims to perform primary sternal cleft repair using techniques, leading to the provision of a complete bony cover and to assess their outcomes on follow-ups.

Materials and Methods :

During 2009–2020, seven patients were referred to our unit with sternal defects. Out of them, four infants with sternal clefts underwent primary repair using bilateral perichondrial flap creation of the sternal bars and sliding costal chondrotomy at our institute. In one of them with a wider defect, bilateral “intraperiosteal” sliding c

SUBMITTER: Jaytesh P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9802618 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature