OP-technique	Year	Author	Study	Number of patients with surgery	Outcome
locked plate fixation
3.5/4.0 mm fixed angle plate (LCP)	2010	Gloyer et al. [10]	Osteosynthesis of traumatic manubriosternal dislocations and sternal fractures with a 3.5/4.0 fixed angle plate (LCP)	3	no functional restrictions, no pain
locked plate (TiFix)	2010	Queitsch et al. [3]	Treatment of posttraumatic sternal non-union with a locked sternum-osteosynthesis plate (TiFix).	12	consolidation in all cases
low profile titanium plate (MatrixRib)	2013	Schulz-Drost et al. [11]	Surgical fixation of sternal fractures: locked plate fixation by low-profile titanium plates - surgical safety through depth limited drilling	10	after 12 weeks consolidation in all cases, no dislocation, patient satisfaction 1.4, no complications in follow up
SternaLock	2005	Wu et al. [12]	Sternal nonunion: a review of current treatments and a new method of rigid fixation	2	good functional outcome
Steel wires
Stainless steel wires	2002	Athanassiadi et al. [1]	Sternal fractures: retrospective analysis of 100 cases	2	good functional outcome
Stainless steel wires	2002	Potaris et al. [13]	Management of sternal fractures of 239 cases	4	good functional outcome
Sternal wire, bone graft	2002	Coons et al. [15]	Sternal non union: Case report	2	one patient with non union
Steel wires	2009	Abdul Rahman et al. [16]	Comminutes sternal fracture - a sternotomy wire fixation: report of 2 cases	2	good functional outcome
Steel wires	2009	Celik et al. [17]	Sternum fractures and effects of associated injuries	2	good functional outcome
non locking plate
Ant. 6 hole plate, bone graft	2004	Bonney et al. [18]	Sternal fractures: anterior plating rationale	3	plate removal after 12 months for personal resons
Ant. Cervical plates with 4 holes	2009	Ciriaco et al. [6]	Early repair of isolated traumatic sternal fractures unsing a plate system	6	one plate removed for sternal pain
Plate with 3 screws on eachs side of fracture	1993	Kitchensens and Richardson [19]	Open fixation of sternal fractures	2	good functional outcome
T-shaped compression steel plate, non-locking screws	2006	Al-Qudah [20]	Operative treatment of sternal fractures	4	2 plates removed no reasons named
two 8 hole one-third tubular plates; H-plate	2006	Kälicke et al. [21]	Traumatic manubriosternal dislocation	2	no functional restrictions, no pain
other devices
2 threaded Steinmann pins, sternal wires	2005	Molina [22]	Evaluation and operative technique to repair isolated sternal fractures	12	pin migration in one patient
Blount staples	2011	Abdelhalim El Ibrahimi et al. [23]	Traumatic manubriosternal dislocation: A new method of stabilization postreduction	1	good functional outcome
Titanium mandibular plates	2007	Richardson et al. [24]	Operative fixation of chest wall fractures: an understood prcedure?	35	3 plates removed (1 cardiac surgery, 1 clicking sensation, 1 insurance reasons)