TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The complexity of seat belt injuries including spinal injury in the pediatric population: a case report of a 6-year-old boy and the literature review
JO  - European journal of emergency medicine
A1  - Skyrme, Andrew
A1  - Forder, Justin
A1  - Sinha, Prateek
A1  - Stanton, Josephine
A1  - Papavasiliou, Athanasios
SP  - 180
EP  - 183
VL  - 14
IS  - 3
N2  - We present, along with a literature review, the case report of a 6-year-old boy, involved in a high-speed motor vehicle accident, who sustained a seat belt injury of the lumbar spine. We discuss the clinical presentation of thoracolumbar fractures in children, the sensitivity of clinical examination and radiographic evaluation and the associated abdominal injuries that are commonly present with seat belt spinal injuries. Computerized tomography is limited in the detection of soft tissue spinal fractures because these fractures occur in the plain of the section. Plain lateral x-rays of the lumbar spine and computerized tomographic three-dimensional reconstruction images can be helpful but they cannot evaluate the extent of the soft tissue injury. The magnetic resonance imaging scan is the best diagnostic tool to provide the diagnosis.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0969-9546
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32801430e2
ID  - ref1
ER  -