01 October 2025 : Database Analysis
Diagnosis and Management of Sternal Fracture at a Single Center 2019-2024: A Retrospective Study of 127 Emergency Department Patients
Tamer Durdu
ABEFG 1*, Nihal Ertürk ABFG 1, Mehmet Yılmaz BCF 1, Furkan Altaş CDF 1, Sezin Bozkurt BFG 1
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.950160
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e950160
Table 3 CT findings related to SF (displacement), rib fractures, hemothorax, pneumothorax, pulmonary contusion, and flail chest, as well as electrocardiographic (ECG) and echocardiographic (ECHO) results and the presence of cardiac injury.
| n | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sternum fracture | Manibrum | 33 | 26.0% |
| Corpus | 82 | 64.6% | |
| Xsifoid | 2 | 1.6% | |
| Fragmentary fracture | 10 | 7.9% | |
| Sternum fracture | Displaced | 59 | 46.5% |
| Non displaced | 68 | 53.5% | |
| Less than two ribs | 27 | 21.3% | |
| More than two ribs | 23 | 18.4% | |
| Hemothorax | 26 | 20.5% | |
| Pneumothorax | 20 | 15.7% | |
| Contusion | 9 | 7.1% | |
| Fail chest | 1 | 0.8% | |
| ECHO | 111 | 87.4% | |
| Cardiac injury | 2 | 1.6% | |
| ECG | Normal sinus rhythm | 98 | 77.2% |
| ST segment change | 29 | 22.8% | |
| ECHO – echocardiography; ECG – electrocardiogram. | |||