Chest pain: a late complication of seat-belt injury.

Anterior dislocation of the restrained shoulder: a seat-belt injury.

The reduction in morbidity and mortality since the enforcement of seat-belt usage is well documented. Complications from the belt are also reported and the authors present anterior dislocation of the restrained shoulder, an injury not previously described. The mechanism of injury is explained and a change to the present standard of restraints is suggested.

The Seat Belt as a Cause of Injury

Chest and abdominal injuries caused by seat belt loading.

Injuries will inevitably occur when restraining loads are exerted on a car occupant by a seat belt during a crash. This study investigated the nature, frequency, and severity of such injuries to the chest and abdomen. Vehicle, occupant, and injury details were obtained from accidents occurring in the Midlands of England. The sample was chosen with emphasis on fatal and serious injuries while al...

Fracture of cervical rib: a novel seat-belt injury.

issue requiring urgent redress. We also assume that the current NHS changes would not adversely cloud this issue. The British Geriatrics Society8 suggests that there may be sufficient grounds for pessimism. It appears that, even allowing for memory lapses, frustration and anger in the elderly patients interviewed in this survey, there was a strong cases to implicate insufficient social screenin...

Delayed Facial Nerve Palsy after Seat Belt Induced Injury.

Blunt trauma causing facial nerve palsy and facial nerve trauma due to seat belt injury is rarely reported. We describe a 63 year old female who was involved in a road traffic accident without any imaging evidence of temporal bone fracture developing left facial nerve palsy on the second day. We discuss the pathophysiology of this condition and the need to be aware of this unusual complication ...