title: [Sternum fracture--description of this injury based on 100 patient follow-up studies and review of the literature].
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.
authors.affiliation: Unfallkrankenhaus Wien-Meidling der AUVA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Höcker
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Renner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001317:Austria; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010343:Patient Admission; D013249:Sternum / Q000293:injuries*; D014911:Whiplash Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Die Sternumfraktur--Darstellung dieser Verletzung anhand von 100 nachkontrollierten Patienten und Literaturübersicht.