TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Seat belt injury causing delayed sigmoid colon fistula
JO  - Emergency medicine journal
A1  - Patil, Shashikant
A1  - Brown, Tyson H.
SP  - 386
EP  - 386
VL  - 26
IS  - 5
N2  - Seat belt use can decrease the mortality rate associated with road traffic accidents (RTA). However, there is an increased risk of bowel perforations among seat belt wearers, possibly as a result of improper use. A case is reported of a female passenger who presented with an abdominal wall fistula 2 weeks after a RTA.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1472-0205
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2008.065227
ID  - ref1
ER  -