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Sternal Clefts and Anomalies

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There are many variations of sternal anatomy and development. Most of these do not alter chest physiology significantly and as such are not clinically important. Those that do often require surgical treatment early in life. In this chapter, we will review normal sternal development, congenital sternal anomalies and their treatment, and acquired sternal anomalies. Many of the congenital anomalies are often associated with other conditions that result in alterations in the development of other midline structures or thoracic organs.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Luis Godoy M.D.

  2. Department of Surgery, Pediatric Heart Center, University of California, Davis, 2315 Stockton Blvd., Suite 7133, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Gary Raff M.D.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, USA

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  2. Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic, and Fetal Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center Shriners Hospitals for Children—Northern California, Sacramento, California, USA

    Shinjiro Hirose

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Godoy, L., Raff, G. (2017). Sternal Clefts and Anomalies. In: Raff, G., Hirose, S. (eds) Surgery for Chest Wall Deformities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43926-6_7

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