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Intramedullary fixation of fracture of the sternum
A G Hoofwijk1, H J Lobach, C van der Werken
1Department of Surgery, St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Injury
|March 1, 1988
Abstract:
A case of fracture of the sternum in a patient suffering from osteogenesis imperfecta is presented. Internal fixation was carried out using a plate which was placed within the medulla. The described technique is simple and useful for the rarely indicated operative treatment of fractures of the sternum.