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Could a blow to my upper back cause a non displaced fracture of my sternum? i have a fractured sternum and have no idea how it happened?
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Blow to upper back would not fracture the sternum without breaking multiple other bones. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507790/
Answered 8/28/2022
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