Cobos Cuesta, RaquelMartinez Casas, IsidroJiminez Armenteros, FranciscoArgote Camacho, Angela XimenaCapitan Vallvey, Jose Maria2023-02-122023-02-122017-09-011221-9118http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19481The seatbelt sign is indicative of severe internal lesions in as many as 30% of cases. In the "submarine effect" the body slides below the belt, acting like hinge. "Seatbelt syndrome" describes the presence of the seat belt sign plus an intra-abdominal or spinal injury. We present the case of a driver in a car accident in whom severe soft tissue and visceral lesions were caused by a two-point seat-belt reproducing a complete "seatbelt syndrome".enseatbelt syndromesubmarine effectresearch articleopen access10.21614/chirurgia.112.5.6241842-368Xhttps://doi.org/10.21614/chirurgia.112.5.624492723600017