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Letters to the Editor

Use of titanium plates in repair of adult complete sternal cleft

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King AbdulAziz University Hospital, P O Box 80215, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

Received 7 March 2009; accepted 16 March 2009.

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Key Words: Sternal cleft • Titanium plates

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I read with interest the recent article (Twenty seven-year experience with sternal cleft repair) by de Campos and associates [1] describing their sternal reconstruction techniques in 15 patients and follow-up for 27 years. Recently, I used titanium plates for direct primary closure of a complete sternal cleft in a 35-year-old female. My initial operative plan was for sternal . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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				J.-R. M. de-Campos and J.-C. Das-Neves-Pereira Reply to Al-Ebrahim Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., July 1, 2009; 36(1): 227 - 227. [Full Text] [PDF]