• Injury · Mar 1990

    Fracture of the sternum in motor vehicle accidents and its association with mediastinal injury.

    • I Otremski, B R Wilde, J L Marsh, P D McLardy Smith, and R J Newman.
    • Oxford Road Accident Group, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK.
    • Injury. 1990 Mar 1;21(2):81-3.

    AbstractSternal fractures occurred in 78 out of 2097 consecutive victims of road traffic accidents who required to attend hospital; an incidence of 3.7 per cent. They were most common in restrained, front seat vehicle occupants involved in frontal collisions, and their frequency increased with age. There was a positive association with visceral chest injury but the latter was not thought to be the cause of death in any individual. Follow-up of survivors 2-4 years later revealed potential cardiac sequelae in 6 per cent.

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