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. 2025 Oct 27.
doi: 10.1007/s11739-025-04163-3. Online ahead of print.

Does the inclusion of sternal fracture improve the STUMBL Score in blunt thoracic trauma?

Valentina Beux  1 , Jacopo Davide Giamello  2 , Remo Melchio  3 , Giuseppe Lauria  1 , Ceri Elisabeth Battle  4
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Does the inclusion of sternal fracture improve the STUMBL Score in blunt thoracic trauma?

Valentina Beux et al. Intern Emerg Med. .
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Declarations. Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. Human and animal rights statement: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent: This is a retrospective study that includes anonymized patients , data are presented aggregatedand anonymously. No informed consent was taken.

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