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Sternal fractures occur most often in old cars to seat-belted drivers without any airbag often with concomitant spinal injuries : clinical findings and technical collision parameters among 42.055 crash victims

  • The incidence and treatment of sternal fractures among traffic accidents are of increasing importance to ensure best possible outcomes. Analysis of technical indicators of the collision, preclinical and clinical data of patients with sterna fractures from 1985-2004 among 42,055 injured patients were assessed by an Accident Research Unit. Two time groups were categorized: 1985-1994 (A) vs. 1995-2004 (B). 267/42,055 patients (0.64%) suffered a sterna fracture. Regarding the vehicle type, the majority occurred after car accidents in 0.81% (251/31,183 pts), followed by 0.19% (5/2,633pts) driving motorbike, and 0.11% (4/3,258pts) driving a truck. 91% wore a safety belt. Only 13% of all passengers suffering a sternal fracture had an airbag on board (33/255 car/trucks), with an airbag malfunction in 18%. The steering column was deformed in 39%, the steering wheel in 36%. Cars in the recent years were significantly older (7.67-±5 years (B) vs. 5.88-±5 years (A), p=0.003). Cervical spine injuries are frequent (23% vs. 22%), followed by multiple rib fractures (14% vs. 12%) and lung injuries (12% vs. 11%). We found 9/146 (6%) and 3/121 patients (3%) with heart contusion among the 267 sternal fractures. MAIS was 2.56-±1.3 vs. 2.62-±1.3 (A vs. B, p=0.349). 18% of patients were polytraumatized, with 11.2% dying at the scene, 2.3% in the hospital. Sternal fractures occur most often in old cars to seat-belted drivers often without any airbag. Severe multiple rib fractures and lung contusion are concomitant injuries in more than 10% each indicating the severity of the crash. Over a twentyyear period, the injury severity encountered was not different with 18% polytrauma patients suffering sternal fractures.

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Author:Karsten Knobloch, S. Wagner, Carl Haasper, Christian Probst, Christian Kretek, M. Richer, Dietmar Otte
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:opus-bast-4117
Document Type:Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2012/08/01
Year of first publication:2007
Contributing corporation:Medizinische Hochschule Hannover. Verkehrsunfallforschung
Release Date:2012/08/01
Tag:Airbag; Alter; Analyse (math); Brustkorb; Konferenz; PKW; Schweregrad (Unfall, Verletzung); Sicherheitsgurt; Statistik; Verletzung; Wirbelsäule
Age; Air bag (restraint system); Analysis (math); Car; Conference; Injury; Safety belt; Severity (accid, injury); Spinal calum; Statistics
Source:2nd International Conference on ESAR "Expert Symposium on Accident Research", S. 263-270
Institutes:Sonstige / Sonstige
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 36 Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste / 360 Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste; Verbände
collections:BASt-Beiträge / ITRD Sachgebiete / 84 Personenschäden
BASt-Beiträge / Tagungen / International Conference on ESAR / 2nd International Conference on ESAR

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