Tae Gyun Kim, Jae Gyu Choi, Youn Moo Heo, Jin Woong Yi, In Uk Yeo, Hyun Sik Ryu, Hyun Soo Choi, Jae Hwang Song
BACKGROUND: The use of electric scooters (e-scooters) continues to increase as a simple, inexpensive means of transport, resulting in a sharp increase in the incidence of scooter-related accidents. No study to date has closely examined the injury extent to the lower leg, joints, and extremities from e-scooter-related accidents. Here, we investigated the epidemiology and injury patterns of such accidents, focusing on injuries to the ankle and foot. METHODS: Based on data from a single tertiary hospital's database, the demographics of 563 patients with scooter-associated injuries were analyzed retrospectively...
April 2024: Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery