Harm from seat belt: transthoracic lung herniation and pericardial rupture

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Feb;133(2):588-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.09.066.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hernia / diagnosis
  • Hernia / etiology*
  • Herniorrhaphy
  • Humans
  • Injury Severity Score
  • Lung*
  • Multiple Trauma / diagnosis
  • Multiple Trauma / surgery
  • Pericardium / injuries*
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Risk Assessment
  • Rupture / etiology
  • Rupture / surgery
  • Seat Belts / adverse effects*
  • Thoracic Injuries / diagnosis
  • Thoracic Injuries / etiology
  • Thoracic Injuries / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome