Total and superior sternal clefts in newborns: A simple technique for surgical correction

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 408-411

  Daum, Roland ^a   Zachariou, Zacharias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Partial closure; Primary closure; Sternal clefts; Total closure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNAL CLEFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033010788     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(99)90487-6     Document Type: Article

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