title: Appendiceal transection associated with seat belt restraint.
abstract: The seat belt is designed for safety in a motor vehicle and should be worn to prevent severe injuries. But, the seat belt itself can be an injury factor in combination with deceleration forces applied to fixation points of mobile viscera. Here, we present a 23-year-man with traumatic transection of the appendix, highly mobile viscera, following seat belt injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma Surgery, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Je
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Go
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma Surgery, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Hoon
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Sul
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma Surgery, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Bong
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, Uijeongbu, Korea.
authors.forename: Joong Suck
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Appendiceal; Seat belt; Transection