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Help please? how hard is it to break your xiphoid process bone?

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Dr. Glenn Messina answered

Specializes in Aesthetic Medicine

Hard: You would require asharp blow to the lower chest an fracture a small thin bone held by ligaments. Its more likely to bend and strain the ligaments then to fracture

Dr Juchau agreed

Answered 1/5/2019

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