Reverse suspension syndrome: First report of a novel mechanism of severe trauma.
Parietal wall transection
Rope injury
Suspension rope
Suspension syndrome
Suspension trauma
Journal
Trauma case reports
ISSN: 2352-6440
Titre abrégé: Trauma Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101711730
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2019
Dec 2019
Historique:
accepted:
06
11
2019
entrez:
25
12
2019
pubmed:
25
12
2019
medline:
25
12
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
About 48,000 workers die at the workplace in India due to occupational accidents of which 38 fatal accidents take place every day in the construction sector. Indigenous innovative methods (Jugaad) devised to accomplish tasks at work are common in our country. We report the case of an abdominal injury sustained while using rope tied around the torso for suspension, termed as 'Reverse suspension syndrome' by authors due to analogy in mode to Suspension syndrome but exactly opposite kinematics of injury. As described in the report, Reverse suspension syndrome is a dangerous mechanism of trauma involving transmission of major energy and severe visceral injuries. Workup to rule out bowel, ureter, great vessels, spine and cord injuries is recommended. The outcome is good if the patient presents in time. To the best of our knowledge, this mechanism of injury hasn't been described in the literature so far.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31872028
doi: 10.1016/j.tcr.2019.100264
pii: S2352-6440(19)30098-6
pii: 100264
pmc: PMC6911898
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
100264Informations de copyright
© 2019 The Authors.
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