Can a broken sternum be paralyzed? What are the general complications?

If a thoracic vertebrae fracture is not followed by nerve damage, it does not lead to paralysis in most cases. No nerve damage after thoracic vertebra fracture means that no bone fragments enter the spinal canal, no compression of the spinal cord and dural sac, as long as the stability of the fracture end can be maintained after systematic strict conservatism and even surgery, it will not lead to paralysis. Unless there is no surgery after the fracture or surgery does not stabilize the fracture site, paralysis may occur after a large amount of violence, but the chances are usually very small.

The sternum and ribs together form the bony scaffold of the thoracic cage, so it is easy to be complicated by damage to the internal organs of the thoracic cavity after sternal fracture, resulting in obvious hemopneumothorax, and it is also easy to be complicated by rib fracture. Therefore, patients with sternal fracture are mainly caused by thoracic trauma, and will be combined with blood and gas accumulation that damages the chest cavity caused by the large blood vessels of the heart, the blood vessels and organs of the chest wall, and the pleura. It is also prone to complications such as abnormal breathing of the thoracic cage.

Sternal fractures, if significantly displaced, can also lead to serious consequences. At the same time as sternal fracture, it is usually accompanied by multiple rib fractures, forming a flail chest and deformity of the thoracic cage, and there will be obvious abnormal breathing, which will cause respiratory and circulatory failure in a short period of time, resulting in the death of the patient. Therefore, the complication of sternal fracture is mainly caused by damage to thoracic organs, especially damage to the large blood vessels of the heart.

In addition to causing damage to other parts of the body, sternal fractures can also cause severe pain, and when the symptoms are very severe, shock may occur, and most patients will have a cough. Pain worsens when coughing, and patients may also experience increased sputum volume, nausea, vomiting, and, when sternal body fractures are severe, thoracic deformity. In most cases, when the sternal body fracture is not very serious, it is difficult for the patient to confirm, and it takes many examinations to confirm, if the patient has unexplained cough, chest pain, etc., CT examination can be selected, and the effect is very obvious.

Not necessarily; It can lead to respiratory failure, damage to internal organs, damage to large blood vessels, blood accumulation in the chest, and abnormal breathing in the chest.

It usually causes paralysis, because the sternum is attached to the ribs, and if the ribs are injured, it is difficult for the body to move again, and the complications include diabetes, heart disease, hemopneumothorax, respiratory diseases, and pleural hemorrhage.

A broken sternum does not necessarily cause paralysis, but if the spinal nerves of the sternum are damaged, paralysis will occur. Prone to rib fractures, pleural effusion, heart damage, pericardial effusion, respiratory failure.