No Need for Sternal Fixation in Traumatic Sternovertebral Fractures: Outcomes of a 10-Year Retrospective Cohort Study.
Dorine S KleiF Cumhur ÖnerLuke P H LeenenKarlijn Julia Patricia van WessemPublished in: Global spine journal (2020)
These findings indicate that conservative sternal treatment in presence of spinal fractures is safe and effective. The low spinal treatment failure rates imply that sternal fixation is not necessary to achieve spinal stability.