Surgical reconstruction for absence of sternum and pericardium in a newborn

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-368

  Kohli, Vikas ^a,b   Nooreyazdan, S ^a   Das, B N ^a   Kaul, S ^a   Singh, J ^a   Parmar, V ^a  

^a INDRAPRASTHA APOLLO HOSPITAL   (India)

^b C 116 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Absent pericardium; Absent sternum; Pectoralis flap

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; BONE DEFECT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERICARDIUM; STERNUM;

EID: 33746928338     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02825837     Document Type: Review

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