Superior sternal cleft: Construction with a titanium plate

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 167-170

  Hazari, Anita ^a,b   Mercer, Nigel S G ^a   Pawade, Ashwinikumar ^a   Hayes, Alison M ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE PLATES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STERNUM;

EID: 0031962905     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199801000-00028     Document Type: Article

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