Citation

Gill SS, Dierking JM, Nguyen KT, Woollen CD, Morrow CE. Am. Surg. 2004; 70(1): 32-34.

Affiliation

Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, Spartanburg, South Carolina 29303, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Southeastern Surgical Congress)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14964543

Abstract

Blunt trauma to the head and neck is a rare cause of cervical esophageal perforation. We report a cervical esophageal perforation caused by compression by a shoulder-harness seatbelt during a high-speed motor vehicle crash. We are not aware of a similar case in the trauma literature.