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[Injuries due to seat belts. Comments on a clinical case]
O Orsi1, F Sforza, F Zuppichini
1Servizio Autonomo di Pronto Soccorso e Accettazione, Ospedale Civile, S. Bonifacio, Verona.
Minerva Chirurgica
|May 15, 1993
Abstract:
The authors report a case of associated injuries (thoracoabdominal trauma with multiple rib and sternum fractures, perforation of the small intestine, abdominal cutaneous ecchymosis) caused by a seat belt, and describe the possible seat-belt mechanisms of lesion in road accidents. Some clinical aspects are discussed; in particular the diagnostic problems concerning a seat-belt syndrome as well as the limits of effectiveness in the use of belts.