TY - JOUR
T1 - A rare injury to a rear seat passenger
T2 - Bilateral fracture dislocation of the shoulders
AU - Madi, Sandesh
AU - Pandey, Vivek
AU - Acharya, Kiran
AU - Ramakrishna, Krishna Prasad Peruvaje
PY - 2015/6/11
Y1 - 2015/6/11
N2 - Injury prevention measures in automobiles are mainly focused on the front seat passengers and driver. In the event of a head-on collision, rear seat passengers usually escape with minimal injuries. Most commonly observed injuries to rear passengers are to the head, chest wall or lower extremities. We report a case of bilateral anterior dislocation of the shoulders with asymmetrical fractures of the greater tuberosities in a 42-year-old man who was apparently injured in a head-on collision while travelling in a car as an unstrapped rear seat passenger. This kind of injury pattern in an unrestrained rear seat passenger is very unusual and has not been previously described.
AB - Injury prevention measures in automobiles are mainly focused on the front seat passengers and driver. In the event of a head-on collision, rear seat passengers usually escape with minimal injuries. Most commonly observed injuries to rear passengers are to the head, chest wall or lower extremities. We report a case of bilateral anterior dislocation of the shoulders with asymmetrical fractures of the greater tuberosities in a 42-year-old man who was apparently injured in a head-on collision while travelling in a car as an unstrapped rear seat passenger. This kind of injury pattern in an unrestrained rear seat passenger is very unusual and has not been previously described.
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U2 - 10.1136/bcr-2015-209992
DO - 10.1136/bcr-2015-209992
M3 - Article
C2 - 26065552
AN - SCOPUS:84937057167
SN - 1757-790X
VL - 2015
JO - BMJ Case Reports
JF - BMJ Case Reports
M1 - 209992
ER -