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, 2023 Sternum fractures in children are very rare (0.004-0.07% of all paediatric fractures) with an increasing incidence with age. Sternum fractures may result from a direct or an indirect trauma. Most cases are the result of falls or high velocity trauma mechanisms.
Bilo, Rob A. C. +2 more
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Morphometric analysis of the sternum.
Collegium antropologicum, 2006 Sternum has a great clinical significance, considering that median sternotomy is the most common surgical approach used in cardiac surgery. The aim of this study is to standardize the sternum according to size, shape and sex and to obtain ranges of the "standard sternum".
Lekšan, Igor +6 more
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A quantitative analysis of the structure of human sternum
Journal of Medical Physics, 2009 An extensive study of the human sternum has been carried out to obtain estimates of the omnidirectional path-length distributions and structural parameters for trabeculation and marrow spaces. Data for sternum samples have been collected, using an object
Arbabi Azim
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The Sternum as a Sex Discriminator in a Contemporary Spanish Population
, 2021 The sternum is a bone that is useful in the morphological discrimination of sex, especially when other bones with greater discriminating capacity are not available, such as the pelvis and certain long bones.
Carrillo Rodríguez, M.F. +4 more
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Sternal Fracture in Children: Diagnosis by Ultrasonography
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports, 2017 Because of its subcutaneous location, the sternum can be examined sonographically using a linear scanner. We report about two children who experienced blunt chest trauma. Anterior–posterior chest X-rays were normal.
Sergio B. Sesia +2 more
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New Approach to the Aneurysm Originating in the Ascending Aorta, Eroding the Sternum and Extending to the Cervix [PDF]
, 1988 1988-03When operating on a false aneurysm arising in the ascending aorta, protruding over the sternum, and eroding the sternum, the problems are how to approach the aneurysm and how to preserve the myocardium and the brain safely.
TANAKA, MINORU +5 more
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Sternomanubrial reduction with plating for fully displaced sternal fracture: A systematic review
Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Key Clinical Message Sternal fractures are commonly due to blunt force trauma and reduction is an invasive surgical procedure typically indicated for refractory pain sternal instability.
Sajjaad H. Samat +2 more
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“Superior Pectus Carinatum” (Currarino–Silverman Syndrome) in a 66-year-old woman: a case report [PDF]
Digital Diagnostics, 2022 The premature fusion of some of the sternal ossification centers and the obliteration of the manubrio-sternal joint caused a rare deformity called CurrarinoSilverman syndrome.
Domenico Mannatrizio +2 more
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Delayed Open Chest Closure in Prosthetic Aortic Root Endocarditis: a Case Report [PDF]
Ķazaķstannyṇ Klinikalyķ MedicinasySurgical therapy for aortic valve endocarditis can be complicated by paravalvular abscess formation, which is associated with high morbidity and mortality. We report a case of complicated infective endocarditis treated using a delayed sternalclosure (DSC)
Serik Aitaliyev +6 more
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Acta Medica Lituanica, 2019 Background. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) may be metastatic, although solitary sternal metastasis of RCC is a rare medical condition. Here we report an unusual case of a 63-year-old male with a solitary sternal metastasis as an initial presentation of clear-
Minija Čerškutė +4 more
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