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 4 Comparison of key clinical and imaging variables between patients with displaced versus non-displaced SF. Data include associated injuries, ECG rhythm abnormalities, and mortality outcomes.
| Sternum fracture | P values | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Displaced | Non-displaced | |||||
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Gender | Male | 44 | 74.6% | 45 | 66.2% | 0.304 |
| Female | 15 | 25.4% | 23 | 33.8% | ||
| Trauma mechanism | Car accident | 36 | 61.0% | 43 | 63.2% | 0.824 |
| Pedestrian accident | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 5.9% | ||
| Falling from a height | 12 | 20.3% | 7 | 10.3% | ||
| Falling | 5 | 8.5% | 6 | 8.8% | ||
| Blunt force | 4 | 6.8% | 4 | 5.9% | ||
| Assault | 1 | 1.7% | 3 | 4.4% | ||
| Electrical injury | 1 | 1.7% | 1 | 1.5% | ||
| Body injury zone | Head | 30 | 50.8% | 18 | 26.5% | 0.005 |
| Thorax | 58 | 98.3% | 68 | 100.0% | 0.465 | |
| Abdomen | 20 | 33.9% | 6 | 8.8% | <0.001 | |
| Upper extremity | 24 | 40.7% | 16 | 23.5% | 0.030 | |
| Lower extremity | 17 | 28.8% | 12 | 17.6% | 0.136 | |
| Vertebra | 21 | 35.6% | 21 | 30.9% | 0.575 | |
| Pelvis | 3 | 5.1% | 5 | 7.4% | 0.441 | |
| Cardiac | 2 | 3.4% | 0 | 0.0% | – | |
| ECG | NSR | 38 | 64.4% | 60 | 88.2% | <0.001 |
| ST Change | 21 | 35.6% | 8 | 11.8% | ||
| Mortality | Alive | 54 | 91.5% | 67 | 98.5% | 0.075* |
| Died | 5 | 8.5% | 1 | 1.5% | ||
| ECG – electrocardiyogram; * Fisher’s exact test. | ||||||