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Case report| Volume 32, ISSUE 1, P164-165, April 1936

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Two interesting cases of fracture of sternum

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      Abstract

      Two cases are reported of complete fracture of the sternum with moderate displacement of the fragments in which a good functional union was obtained without manipulation or immobilization.
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