Citation

Özçay N, Brosova I, Ferkodic M, Özant A, Arslan K, Besim H. J. Surg. Case Rep. 2018; 2018(11): rjy298.

Affiliation

Department of General Surgery, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/jscr/rjy298

PMID

30443316

PMCID

PMC6232281

Abstract

Although seat belts save lives after motor vehicle accidents, they may cause different types of injuries such as abdominal wall, intra-abdominal, neck and spine or vascular injuries. Seat belt sign indicates the severity of injuries, and usually the risk of intra-abdominal injuries is high when the seat belt sign exists. Here, we present two cases of intra-abdominal injuries caused by seat belts without seat belt sign.

Language: en