Research Article
Management of Blunt Sternal Fractures in a Community-Based Hospital
Table 1
The frequency distribution of patients across different variables.
| Variables | n | (%) |
| Gender | | | Male | 56 | 88.9 | Female | 7 | 11.1 | Mechanism of injury | | | Motor vehicle collision | 55 | 87.3 | Fall | 6 | 9.5 | Others | 2 | 3.2 | Seat belt in MVC | | | Yes | 38 | 77.6 | No | 11 | 22.4 | Chest X-ray | | | Normal | 4 | 6.3 | Sternal fracture | 1 | 1.6 | Other abnormalities | 10 | 15.9 | Not performed | 48 | 76.2 | Type of fracture | | | Transverse | 17 | 27.0 | Oblique | 45 | 71.4 | Comminuted | 1 | 1.6 | Site of sternal fracture | | | Manubrium | 14 | 22.2 | Manubrium and upper body | 2 | 3.2 | Upper body | 28 | 44.4 | Middle body | 9 | 14.3 | Lower body | 10 | 15.9 | Xiphisternum | 0 | 0 | Fracture displacement | | | Yes | 28 | 44.4 | No | 35 | 55.6 | ICU admission | | | Yes | 7 | 11.1 | No | 56 | 88.9 |
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