Treatment of Chronic Nonunion of a Sternal Fracture With Teriparatide.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.05.026.
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Abstract
Chronic nonunion of sternal fractures is typically treated by osteosynthesis plating with or without autologous bone grafting. Described here is a case of the successful use of teriparatide, a bone-forming drug currently used for the treatment of severe osteoporosis, in the healing of a sternal nonunion fracture occurring after blunt thoracic trauma.
Medical subject headings
- Bone Density Conservation Agents
- Fractures, Ununited
- Sternum
- Teriparatide