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Repair of inferior sternal cleft using a titanium plate in an infant with pentalogy of Cantrell
Author(s) -
Qin Tingjiang,
Liu Yingbei,
An Yong
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12847
Subject(s) - medicine , sternum , surgery , titanium , metallurgy , materials science
Repair of a sternal cleft should be performed as early as possible, and the ideal material for this treatment is autologous tissue. We report the use of a titanium plate to repair the sternal cleft in a five‐month‐old patient with pentalogy of Cantrell because of the size of the defect and the limited availability of autologous tissue.