Mesentery and bowel injury from automotive sent belts

Author(s)
Witte, Ch.L.
Year
Abstract

The lap-type seat belt is implicated in perforation and avulsion injuries of bowel and mesentery after automobile collision. Laws of colliding bodies suggest that compressing and shearing forces, which develop during sudden deceleration of the crash victim striking the seat belt, may account for this injury pattern.

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A 5771 fo
Source

Annals of Surgery, Vol. 167 (1968), No. 4, p. 486-492

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