Citation

Espinoza R, Sonneborn R. Rev. Med. Chile 1990; 118(12): 1376-1379.

Vernacular Title

Contusion de la aorta abdominal y embolizacion masiva por uso de cinturon de

Affiliation

Hospital del Trabajador, Servicio de Cirugía, Santiago de Chile.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Sociedad Medica De Santiago)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2152672

Abstract

Abdominal aortic lesion following blunt abdominal trauma is infrequent. Parmley quotes 347 cases of aortic lesion among 8710 necropsies. Of these, only 4.6% involved the abdominal aorta. Probably less than 100 cases have been reported afterwards. We report a case associated to the use of safety belt, who developed the serious complication of massive embolization.

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