title: Seat belt trauma: pectoralis muscle rupture and delayed mesh repair.
abstract: To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a seat belt-related rupture of the pectoralis major muscle and its successful delayed repair using mesh. We report a case of a 34-year-old white man who sustained a right pectoralis major muscle rupture from a seat belt during a motor vehicle crash. The patient presented to us 2 years after the injury. We introduce a technique using mesh that results in a successful repair of a cosmetically disfiguring chest wall defect.
authors.affiliation: St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan, USA. kharvey06@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Kyle P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Adair
authors.forename: M Azhar
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ali
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013997:Time Factors