title: A traumatic pancreatic transection despite a child safety seat.
abstract: A 5-year-old boy sustained blunt abdominal trauma in a car crash. The buckle mechanism of the five-point harness of his child safety seat compressed his upper abdomen causing an isolated complete pancreatic rupture. Diagnosis was delayed due to subtle symptoms and normal initial findings. A CT scan confirmed diagnosis. An emergency limited central pancreatic resection was performed. The outcome was excellent.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Surgery , St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University of Bochum , Bochum , Germany.
authors.forename: Orlin
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Belyaev
authors.affiliation: b Department of Surgery , Pirogov Institute , Sofia , Bulgaria.
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tcholakov
authors.affiliation: a Department of Surgery , St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University of Bochum , Bochum , Germany.
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Uhl
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D057207:Child Restraint Systems / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000293:injuries*; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Pancreatic injury; five-point harness; surgery; trauma