title: Seat belt injuries and sigmoid colon trauma.
abstract: Colonic seat belt injuries are rare but carry higher mortality rates than small bowel injuries. The case of a 44 year old man is described who had severe sigmoid colon compression injury from his seat belt a few days after a road traffic accident.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Royal Alexandra Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Eltahir
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D011859:Radiography; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery