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10941888

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
Many authors have described spinal and bodily injuries associated with seat belt use. However, most reports have focused primarily on lap seat belts and resultant flexion-distraction injuries. This retrospective chart review studies the relation between the specific type of restraint or air bag and the resultant thoracolumbar spinal injury subtype and associated bodily injuries. The charts of 221 patients who had sustained thoracolumbar fractures in motor vehicle accidents during a 10-year period were reviewed, and 37 patients were identified whose accidents were clearly described as a frontal collision and whose specific form of restraint was recorded. Among the 15 patients who used a shoulder strap and lap belt device (three-point restraint), 12 patients sustained burst fractures (80%) compared with 4 of the 14 patients (28.6%) restrained with lap seat belts alone. Life-threatening intraabdominal injuries occurred in 57.1% of lap-belted victims and in 26.7% of patients who used three-point restraints, and the character of these injuries also differed. No patients in an automobile in which an air bag deployed sustained major associated bodily injuries. Among restrained occupants of head-on motor vehicle accidents who have sustained a thoracolumbar fracture, patients using lap belts are more likely to sustain the classic flexion-distraction injury patterns, whereas patients using three-point restraints may sustain a higher incidence of burst fractures. In addition, three-point restraints are associated with a decreased risk of intraabdominal injury compared with lap seat belts.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0895-0385
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
297-304
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Injuries of the thoracolumbar spine associated with restraint use in head-on motor vehicle accidents.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't