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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:517-518
© 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Management of traumatic manubriosternal dislocation in children

John Santosh Kumar Murala, MBBS, MS, MCh, Graham Nunn, MBBS (Hon), FRACS

The Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Mater Children's Hospital, Raymond Terrace, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the article by Irani and colleagues,1Go highlighting the consequences (chronic pain, periarticular calcification with ankylosis, and significant deformity of the chest wall) of conservative management of sternal fractures in adult patients that may necessitate a more extensive procedure at a later date. Our interest has further increased in the article because we recently faced a dilemma regarding the "ideal acute management" of a child with traumatic manubriosternal dislocation (TMSD). We have performed an extensive literature search for the same and found conflicting reports. Wada and colleagues2Go support conservative . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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