TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - A rare injury to a rear seat passenger: bilateral fracture dislocation of the shoulders
JO  - BMJ case reports
A1  - Madi, Sandesh
A1  - Pandey, Vivek
A1  - Acharya, Kiran
A1  - Peruvaje Ramakrishna, Krishna Prasad
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Injury prevention measures in automobiles are mainly focused on the front seat passengers and driver. In the event of a head-on collision, rear seat passengers usually escape with minimal injuries. Most commonly observed injuries to rear passengers are to the head, chest wall or lower extremities. We report a case of bilateral anterior dislocation of the shoulders with asymmetrical fractures of the greater tuberosities in a 42-year-old man who was apparently injured in a head-on collision while travelling in a car as an unstrapped rear seat passenger. This kind of injury pattern in an unrestrained rear seat passenger is very unusual and has not been previously described.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1757-790X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2015-209992
ID  - ref1
ER  -