TY - JOUR PY - 2018// TI - Two cases of intestinal injuries due to seat belt without seat belt sign JO - Journal of surgical case reports A1 - Özçay, Necdet A1 - Brosova, Iveta A1 - Ferkodic, Martin A1 - Özant, Ali A1 - Arslan, Kalbim A1 - Besim, Hasan SP - rjy298 EP - rjy298 VL - 2018 IS - 11 N2 - 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
LA - en SN - 2042-8812 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy298 ID - ref1 ER -