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Samuel D. Porter, MD; Edward W. Green, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1968;96(2):242-246.

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WITH increasing automobile accidents and the general use of seat belts, injuries related to wearing the seat belt are occasionally seen. If this type injury is considered at the time of initial examination of an injured patient, early diagnosis may prevent prolonged morbidity and even mortality. This is especially true in the case of small bowel injury which may not manifest definite clinical signs for many hours or sometimes days.

Various types of abdominal injuries have been reported. These have included splenic¹ and hepatic ruptures,² pancreatic lacerations, rupture of the abdominal aorta, laceration of large and small bowels,^3,4 and fractures of the lumbar spine.⁵ The patients presented demonstrate some of these injuries.

Report of Cases

CASE 1.

—A 21-year-old man experienced a head-on collision on Oct 25, 1965. He was wearing a lap-type seat belt. He was taken immediately to the hospital and presented in the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Iowa City

From Department of Surgery, University Hospitals, Iowa City.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Aug 10, 1967.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, University Hospitals, Newton Rd, Iowa City 52240 (Dr. Porter).

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