caa a22 4500 465772196 CHVBK 20180323111932.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00179653 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00179653 Sternal defects [Elektronische Daten] [Robert Shamberger, Kenneth Welch] Sternal defects comprise a broad spectrum of deformities of the sternum, heart, and upper abdominal wall. We have reviewed our experience with sternal defects at the Children's Hospital of Boston and reviewed the world literature to present a current classification of these deformities and summarize frequently associated lesions and their therapeutic implications. Sixteen patients with sternal defects were identified in our series, 5 with thoracic ectopia cordis with a completely naked heart, 8 with thoracoabdominal ectopia cordis with a covered heart, and 3 with a cleft sternum. Thoracic ectopia cordis was uniformly fatal in our series, as it has been in all except 3 cases in the world literature, all with normal hearts. Thoracoabdominal ectopia cordis was fatal in 5 of 8 cases in our series related primarily to associated pulmonary hypoplasia or intrinsic cardiac anomalies. Bifid sternum was successfully repaired in all 3 cases in infancy. Springer-Verlag, 1990 Ectopia cordis nationallicence Cantrell's pentalogy nationallicence Cleft sternum nationallicence Shamberger Robert Department of Surgery, The Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA aut Welch Kenneth Department of Surgery, The Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA aut Pediatric Surgery International Springer-Verlag 5/3(1990-05-01), 156-164 0179-0358 5:3<156 1990 5 383 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00179653 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00179653 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shamberger Robert Department of Surgery, The Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Welch Kenneth Department of Surgery, The Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Pediatric Surgery International Springer-Verlag 5/3(1990-05-01), 156-164 0179-0358 5:3<156 1990 5 383 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer