Complete congenital sternal cleft in an adult: Repair by autologous tissues

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 573-575

  Suri, Rajendar K ^a   Sharma, Ramesh K ^a   Jha, Neerod K ^a   Sharma, Bal K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CARDIOMYOPLASTY; CASE REPORT; CLAVICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MALE; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PERIOSTEUM GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX WALL DEFECT; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0030219908     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00233-0     Document Type: Article

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