TY - JOUR PY - 1993// TI - Injuries due to seat belts. comments on a clinical case JO - Minerva Chirurgica A1 - Orsi, O. A1 - Sforza, F. A1 - Zuppichini, F. A1 - Lazzarin, G. A1 - Rotta, L. SP - 505 EP - 508 VL - 48 IS - 9 N2 - The authors report a case of associated injuries (thoracoabdominal trauma with multiple rib and sternum fractures, perforation of the small intestine, abdominal cutaneous ecchymosis) caused by a seat belt, and describe the possible seat-belt mechanisms of lesion in road accidents. Some clinical aspects are discussed; in particular the diagnostic problems concerning a seat-belt syndrome as well as the limits of effectiveness in the use of belts.

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