Research Article
Location of Sternal Fractures as a Possible Marker for Associated Injuries
Table 2
Associated thoracic and extrathoracic injuries.
| | Associated thoracic injuries | Associated extrathoracic injuries
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| | Rib fractures | (63.8%)
| Traumatic brain injury | (48.3%)
| | Isolatet rib fracture | (34%)
| Concussion | (53.6%)
| | Serial rib fracture | (65%)
| Intracranial bleeding | (46.4%)
| | Thoracic spine injury | (38%)
| Lumbar spine injury | (27.6%)
| | Lung contusion | (22.4%)
| Abdominal injury | (11%)
| | Scapula fracture | (13.8%)
| Cervical spine injury
| (22.4%)
| | Cardiac contusion | (8.6%)
| Pelvic fracture
| (15.5%)
| | Pneumothorax | (12.1%)
| | | | Clavicula fracture | (10.3%)
| | | | Thoracic aortic rupture | (3.4%)
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