title: Lap seat-belts: still trouble after all these years.
abstract: A series of three cases of severe injury caused by involvement in an accident while wearing lap seat-belts is presented. More than 30 years after the term 'seat-belt syndrome' was coined, attention still requires to be drawn to the likely combination of severe spinal and intra-abdominal injuries in such patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Moir
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Ashcroft
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000209:etiology; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000209:etiology*; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000209:etiology