Ectopia Cordis Sternal Cleft Repair With Mandibular Distractors: A Follow-Up Case Report-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Ectopia Cordis Sternal Cleft Repair With Mandibular Distractors: A Follow-Up Case Report

Published:2021-05-06 Issue:1 Volume:13 Page:94-96
ISSN:2150-1351
Container-title:World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
language:en
Short-container-title:World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg

Author:

Bharadwaj Sandeep¹,Vicari Frank A.²,Backer Carl L.³,Eltayeb Osama¹

Affiliation:

1. Division of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

2. Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Craniofacial Surgery, Advocate Children’s Hospital, Park Ridge, IL, USA

3. Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, UK HealthCare Kentucky Children’s Hospital, Lexington, KY, USA

Abstract

A neonate with thoracic ectopia cordis presented following an uncomplicated delivery. A mandibular distractor was placed to bridge the sternal cleft and retracted (reverse distractor activation) over 24 days to facilitate sternal closure. Follow-up at five years postoperatively demonstrated a well-healed sternum. This novel approach to ectopia cordis repair facilitates slow, steady physiologic accommodation of the heart without hemodynamic instability or long-term complications.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,General Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health,Surgery

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2150135120978951

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