Management of Blunt Sternal Fractures in a Community-Based Hospital

Figure 1

A 56-year-old male truck driver involved in a motor vehicle collision. He had multiple lower limb fractures, hemothorax, multiple fractured ribs, and hypotension. He had an abnormal ECG and an elevated troponin level at the time of his presentation to the emergency department. He was admitted to the ICU and died on day 5 after admission. Computed tomography (CT) scan showing (a) sagittal reformat with displaced fracture of the body of the lower part of the sternum (yellow arrow), which was initially missed on axial slices; (b) 3-dimensional model showing fracture of the body of the sternum (yellow arrow).

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