Park Jong Bin, Lee Han Pil, Yoo Dong Gon, Kim Jong Wook, Cho Won Chul
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea.
Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Aug;46(4):309-11. doi: 10.5090/kjtcs.2013.46.4.309. Epub 2013 Aug 6.
A 43-year-old man experienced chest trauma due to a car accident. Compound sternal fractures with severe dislocation were seen on computed tomography of the chest. Using a SternaLock plating system with manual reduction, fixation of the sternal fracture was successfully performed. There were no complications related to the operation.