%0 Journal Article
%T Seatbelt injury causing perforation of the cervical esophagus: a case report and review of the literature
%J American surgeon
%D 2004
%A Gill, Sanjitpal S.
%A Dierking, Jason M.
%A Nguyen, Khang T.
%A Woollen, Claude D.
%A Morrow, Chad E.
%V 70
%N 1
%P 32-34
%X 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.
%G 
%I Southeastern Surgical Congress
%@ 0003-1348
%U http://dx.doi.org/