Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Seat belt syndrome (SBS) is a new pattern of injuries in road traffic accidents (RTAs). It refers to injuries caused by the interaction of the human body and the safety belt and consists of a wide spectrum of injuries (musculoskeletal and visceral). In this paper, we present a case of a front-seat passenger with polytrauma sustained in an RTA, who, as a literature rarity, also suffered a thyroid cartilage fracture (TCF) caused by a seat belt. Thyroid cartilage fracture should be kept on the list of possible injuries with a high index of suspicion for this syndrome, based on the mechanism of injury and hyperflexion of the neck, even without signs of direct neck trauma.
Source: AFMN Biomedicine
Institution: Tzaneion General Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7127619706
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