Open AccessManagement of isolated sternal fractures using a practical algorithm
Author(s) -
Dimos Karangelis,
Konstantinos Bouliaris,
Theocharis Koufakis,
Kyriakos Spiliopoulos,
Nikolaos Desimonas,
Nikolaos Tsilimingas
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.136858
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , cardiac enzymes , emergency medicine , medical emergency , surgery , chest pain , physics , optics
The implementation of seat belt legislation has led to an increase in the frequency of isolated sternal fractures (ISFs) in motor vehicle crash.