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KMID : 1038220140410010077
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Archives of Plastic Surgery
2014 Volume.41 No. 1 p.77 ~ p.80
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Repair of Inferior Sternal Cleft Using Bilateral Sternal Bar Turnover Flaps in a Patient with Pentalogy of Cantrell
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Chia Hui-Ling
Vincent Kok-Leng Yeow
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Abstract
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We report a case of sternal reconstruction using bilateral sternal bar turnover flaps in a 4-year-old boy with an inferior sternal cleft, as part of Cantrell’s pentad. When the patient was 10 months old, he underwent sternal reconstruction using a resorbable poly-L-lactic-polyglycolic acid plate in the first stage when there was insufficient autogenous tissue to provide a reliable reconstruction. Bilateral sternal bar turnover was performed in the second stage at 4 years of age. This operative technique is described in this report. This novel technique provides a robust, dynamic, and reliable reconstruction for inferior sternal defects.
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KEYWORD
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Pentalogy of Cantrell, Ectopia cordis
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