Classification of Seat Belt Syndrome

Onuoha Clement and Onuoha Kelechukwu

Department of Surgery, Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

^*Correspondance to: Onuoha Clement 

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Abstract:

Background: Seat belt syndrome has become increasingly a notorious pattern of injury for victims wearing seatbelts during a vehicular crash. These injuries may be trivial with only the (seat belt sign or mark) or may often times be fatal. But there has not been developed a common medical/surgical classification to describe which components of the syndrome are encountered in a patient. In this article, we proffer an easy way of referring to the components of the seat belt syndrome encountered in any patient.

Keywords:

Seat belt Syndrome; Seat belt sign; Abdominal wall echymoses; Visceral injury; Chance injuries

Cite the Article:

Clement O, Kelechukwu O. Classification of Seat Belt Syndrome. World J Surg Surgical Res. 2019; 2: 1093.