Citation

Höcker K, Renner J. Unfallchirurg 1994; 97(5): 256-262.

Vernacular Title

Die Sternumfraktur--Darstellung dieser Verletzung anhand von 100

Affiliation

Unfallkrankenhaus Wien-Meidling der AUVA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8052862

Abstract

One hundred patients with sternal fractures were investigated in order to demonstrate the incidence of complicating cardial, pulmonary and spinal injuries. Isolated sternal fracture was found in 73/100 patients. In the majority of cases (68/100) traffic accidents were causative; in 10% an accompanying injury of the spine was found. No patient presented electrocardiographic or clinical signs of myocardial contusion, so that no specific therapy or further investigations by myocardial scintigraphy, two-dimensional echocardiography or biventricular radionuclide angiocardiography was necessary. In our group of patients with isolated sternal fractures, no pathologic results were found on ECG examination or anteroposterior chest radiograph; in the absence of other significant injuries, hospital admission is not indicated.

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