title: [Sternal fractures - a case report, our hospital experience and a review of the literature].
abstract: Thoracic trauma is a common cause of consultation in the emergency department, and may include fractures of the sternum in about 8% of cases. Due to the anatomical relations of this bone, in complicated cases, the fracture is associated with lesions of vital organs, which should be readily identified. In this paper, we present a case recently operated in our Department, make a statistical evaluation of the treatment of these fractures in our hospital in the last ten years and review of the relevant literature.
authors: Centro de Cirurgia Cardiotorácica do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal.
authors: Carlos S
authors: CS
authors: Pinto
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Bernardo
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Eugénio
authors: Manuel J
authors: MJ
authors: Antunes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013249:Sternum / Q000293:injuries*