J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1979 Mar;14(1):81-87. 10.4055/jkoa.1979.14.1.81.

A Clinical Study on Belt Injuries

• Kim ID
• Lee SY
• Kwon KW
• Ihin JC
• Chung JM

• KMID: 2460647
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1979.14.1.81

Abstract

Belt injury is an increasingly serious injury and one that frequently results in undesirable disabilities. We reviewed 20 cases of belt injury which had been treated in Kyungpook National University Hospital during the five and a half year period from Auguat, 1972 to January, 1978. 1. This injury is more prevalent in males (M:F = 4:1) with the peak incidence between the second and fourth decades (85%). 2. Upper extremities are involved in almost all cases (95%). 3. Some injury patterns were more frequently seen and were classified arbitarily as follows: Type I - Both bone fractures of the forearm (15%). Type II - Humerus fracture (20%). Type III - Combination of type I and II. Type IV - Others (15%). 4. Nerve paralysis was the most frequent associated injury (60%). 5. The treatment principle applied was surgical management for forearm fractures and conservative treatment for ipsilateral humerus fractures. 6. The prognosis depended upon the extent of the initial injury. 7. Half of the casea showed unsatisfactory results.

MeSH Terms

Clinical Study*
Forearm
Fractures, Bone
Gyeongsangbuk-do
Humans
Humerus
Incidence
Male
Paralysis
Prognosis
Upper Extremity