Repair of Inferior Sternal Cleft Using Bilateral Sternal Bar Turnover Flaps in a Patient with Pentalogy of Cantrell.
- Author:
Hui Ling CHIA
1
;
Vincent Kok Leng YEOW
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Pentalogy of Cantrell; Ectopia cordis
- MeSH: Child, Preschool; Ectopia Cordis; Humans; Male; Pentalogy of Cantrell*
- From:Archives of Plastic Surgery 2014;41(1):77-80
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: 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.
