Liječnički vjesnik, Vol. 138 No. 7-8, 2016.
Professional paper
STERNAL CLEFT – REPORT OF THREE CASES
Božidar Župančić
Marko Bašković, Bašković
Andro Gliha
Ljudevit Sović
Abstract
During the last 25 years we surgically treated three patients with sternal cleft anomaly, aged from 6 weeks to 2 years. The aim of this case series is to present this extremely rare congenital anomaly and differences in the operative treatment of sternal cleft (SC) depending on patients age due to flexibility of the chest wall. Patients presented to us with signs of sternal cleft; displaced sternoclavicular articulations and paradoxical motion of the skin over the defect. Preoperatively we performed X-ray and computed tomography of the chest which revealed displaced sternoclavicular articulations with superior incomplete sternal cleft and echocardiography which showed orthotopic heart without malformations of the great vessels. Surgical treatment included primary closure in two infants and Sabiston’s technique in a two-year-old girl. All three patients were successfully operated without complications.
Keywords
Sternum – abnormalities, surgery; Abnormalities, multiple – surgery; Thoracic surgical procedures – methods; Reconstructive surgical procedures – methods
Hrčak ID:
172882
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Publication date:
5.9.2016.
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