Citation

Bergqvist D, Hedelin H. J. Trauma 1976; 16(5): 390-394.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1976, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1271502

Abstract

A case of duodenal rupture with a roll three-point seatbelt is described. It is apparently the seventh reported case of duodenal rupture in safety belt users. A female driver fell asleep, and her car went off the road, rolling forward in a ditch, slowing slightly, and then came to a sudden stop. The rupture was unusual: on the first part of duodenum, intraperitoneal, and longitudinal. The rupture mechanism is discussed, and the deficiencies of the roll seatbelt pointed out in accidents like the one described.