@article{ref1,
title="An abdominal aortic rupture due to seatbelt blunt injury: report of a case",
journal="Surgery today",
year="2007",
author="Sugimoto, Toshitsugu and Omura, Atsushi and Kitade, Takashi and Takahashi, H. and Koyama, Tsukasa and Kurisu, Sigeru",
volume="37",
number="1",
pages="86-88",
abstract="A 66-year-old man, who was a passenger in a car involved in a low-speed head-on motor vehicle accident, was rushed to our hospital. His abdomen was tender and distended. An enhanced computed tomography scan showed a massive retroperitoneal hematoma, and its three-dimensional imaging revealed an active leak of the contrast medium from the aortic bifurcation. He went into shock, and was immediately transferred to the operating theater. Through a median laparotomy, a ruptured site measuring 5 mm in diameter was found at the aortic bifurcation and it was closed with sutures under a proximal aortic control. The other organs showed no evidence of injury. Because of the remarkable edema of the bowel, mesentery, and retroperitoneum, the abdomen was temporarily closed with a mesh sheet to prevent the occurrence of abdominal compartment syndrome. A delayed closure was then successfully performed 4 days later, and he was discharged with no residual sequelae 17 days after the initial operation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0941-1291",
doi="10.1007/s00595-006-3314-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00595-006-3314-6"
}