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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:348
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Images in cardiothoracic surgery

Destructive Sternitis 3 Years After Blunt Chest Trauma

Christophe P.M. Jayle, MD*, Pierre J. Corbi, MD, Sebastien Franco, MD, Paul M. Menu, MD

Cardiothoracic Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers, Poitiers, France

* Address reprint requests to Dr Jayle, Unité de Chirurgie Cardio-thoracique, Pavillon Beauchant, CHU de Poitiers, 1 Rue de la Milètrie, BP 577, Poitiers Cedex 86021, France; (Email: c.jayle@chu-poitiers.fr).

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We report the case of a 14-year-old male patient injured in a motor vehicle collision that resulted in closed, blunt chest trauma and cervical spinal trauma. Initial chest roentgenogram revealed hemothorax without ribs or sternum fracture, and he was medically treated without a chest tube. Transesophageal echocardiography was negative. Initially he had an unstable C5 fracture with spinal cord section. Surgical decompression of the spinal . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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