[Sternal fractures - a case report, our hospital experience and a review of the literature].

Thoracic trauma is a common cause of consultation in the emergency department, and may include fractures of the sternum in about 8% of cases. Due to the anatomical relations of this bone, in complicated cases, the fracture is associated with lesions of vital organs, which should be readily identified. In this paper, we present a case recently operated in our Department, make a statistical evaluation of the treatment of these fractures in our hospital in the last ten years and review of the relevant literature.