Congenital sternal cleft

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 259-261

  Biswas, Gauatm ^a   Chari, P S ^a   Khandelwal, N K ^a   Venkatramu, N K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chest wall; Cleft sternum; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM;

EID: 0035071667     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.2000.3527     Document Type: Article

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