Roll seat belt induced injury of the duodenum.
A case of duodenal rupture with a roll three-point seatbelt is described. It is apparently the seventh reported case of duodenal rupture in safety belt users. A female driver fell asleep, and her car went off the road, rolling forward in a ditch, slowing slightly, and then came to a sudden stop. The rupture was unusual: on the first part of duodenum, intraperitoneal, and longitudinal. The rupture mechanism is discussed, and the deficiencies of the roll seatbelt pointed out in accidents like the one described.
D000328:Adult; D004386:Duodenum / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012421:Rupture; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries; D013548:Sweden; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000209:etiology*