TY - JOUR PY - 1979// TI - Ayptical lumbar spine injury from a two-point seatbelt JO - Journal of trauma A1 - Bilo, Henk J. G. A1 - van Vuuren, Z. C. SP - 841 EP - 845 VL - 19 IS - 11 N2 - A case of atypical lumbar spine injury of a 20-year-old man is described. Injury resulted from a car crash while the man was wearing a two-point safety belt. The characteristics of injuries caused by seatbelts are described. In previous cases displacement fractures were usually at the same level. The patient reported is unusual in that a longitudinal fracture of L3 and injury at two different levels occurred. Recovery was uneventful.
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