تصنيع جراحي لغياب كامل القص عند طفلة عمرها 8 أشهر : دراسة حالة مرضية

Abstract EN

Congenital absence of sternum is a very rare chest-wall malformation due to failure of midline fusion during the embryonic development.

This anomaly may be associated with other pulmonary and cardiac developmental defects.

In this rare case, a successful surgical reconstruction is reported of the sternum in an infant, who was diagnosed with complete absence of the sternum, in Damascus University Children Hospital was accompanied with patent foramen ovale and patent ductus arteriosus.

This infant was sent to Damascus University Cardiac Surgery Hospital and has undergone a successful surgical intervention at the age of eight months