Citation

Cuesta RC, Casas IM, Armenteros FJ, Argote AX, Capitan JM. Chirurgia (Bucur) 2017; 112(5): 624-626.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Editura Celsius)

DOI

10.21614/chirurgia.112.5.624

PMID

29088563

Abstract

The seatbelt sign is indicative of severe internal lesions in as many as 30% of cases. In the "submarine effect" the body slides below the belt, acting like hinge. "Seatbelt syndrome" describes the presence of the seat belt sign plus an intra-abdominal or spinal injury. We present the case of a driver in a car accident in whom severe soft tissue and visceral lesions were caused by a two-point seat-belt reproducing a complete "seatbelt syndrome".

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Language: en

Keywords

seatbeltsyndrome; submarineeffect