LATE REPAIR OF CHEST DEFORMITY SECONDARY TO TRAUMATIC MANUBRIOSTERNALDISRUPTION - CASE-REPORT

Authors
NIKAS DJ FREEMAN JE NEWSOME RE FLETCHER JR
Citation
Dj. Nikas et al., LATE REPAIR OF CHEST DEFORMITY SECONDARY TO TRAUMATIC MANUBRIOSTERNALDISRUPTION - CASE-REPORT, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 39(4), 1995, pp. 781-783
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
781 - 783
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
We report an extremely rare complication of seizures resulting in manu briosternal joint disruption and severe sternal de formity which was r epaired successfully with a complex technique including V-resection of the sternum, combined with pectoralis major flaps and pectus excavatu m repair.