Location of Sternal Fractures as a Possible Marker for Associated Injuries

Table 3

Associated injuries with regard to fracture location.

	𝑛	Mean ISS	CSL	TSL	LSL	RF	LPI	LC	SF	CF	TBI	AL
Manubrium sterni	21	23	6 (29%)	13 (𝟔𝟐%)^∗	6 (29%)	16 (76%)	9 (43%)	8 (38%)	6 (𝟐𝟗%)^∗	4 (19%)	14 (𝟔𝟕%)^∗	4 (19%)
Corpus sterni part 1	11	16	4 (36%)	4 (37%)	1 (9%)	6 (55%)	3 (27%)	2 (18%)	0	2 (18%)	5 (46%)	2 (18%)
Corpus sterni part 2	15	22	1 (7%)	4 (27%)	3 (20%)	9 (60%)	5 (33%)	4 (27%)	1 (7%)	0	4 (27%)	2 (13%)
Corpus sterni part 3	11	20	2 (18%)	1 (9%)	6 (𝟓𝟓%)^∗	6 (55%)	3 (27%)	2 (18%)	1 (9%)	0	5 (46%)	3 (27%)
P values			𝑃>0.05	𝑃=0.005	𝑃=0.041	𝑃>0.05	𝑃>0.05	𝑃>0.05	𝑃=0.021	𝑃>0.05	𝑃=0.033	𝑃>0.05

CSL: cervical spine lesion; TSL: thoracic spine lesion; LSL: lumbar spine lesion; RF: rib fracture; LPI: lung parenchymal injury; LC: lung contusion; SF: scapula fracture; CF: clavicle fracture; TBI: traumatic brain injury; AL: abdominal lesion (*statistical significance).