TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Sternum fracture--description of this injury based on 100 patient follow-up studies and review of the literature
JO  - Unfallchirurg
A1  - Höcker, K.
A1  - Renner, J.
SP  - 256
EP  - 262
VL  - 97
IS  - 5
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: de</p>
LA  - de
SN  - 0177-5537
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -