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. 2023 Jun 3;33(8):3643–3648. doi: 10.1007/s00590-023-03583-1

Table 2.

Injury Patterns and frequency of surgical intervention in E-Scooter related accidents (n = 59 for 2019 and n = 97 for 2021, respectively). 2019–2020 data was obtained from our previously published report [8]

Body part Injury 2019–2020 Surgery 2021 Surgery
Head Total 25 (42.37) 0 (0) 28 (28.86) 1 (1.03)
Intracranial bleeding 1 7 1
Skull fracture 0 2
Concussion 4 10
Contusion 10 5
Lacerations 10 4
Face Total 21 (35.59) 4 (6.78) 58 (59.79) 8 (8.25)
Midface contusion 0 6
Midface fracture 1 1 11 4
Nasal bone fracture 2 1 2 1
Lower jaw fracture 3 2 5 3
Anterior tooth trauma 10 14
Lacerations 5 20
Chest Total 0 (0) 10 (10.3) 0 (0)
Pneumothorax 3
Rib fracture 4
Chest contusion 3
Abdomen Total 0 (0) 3 (3.09) 1 (1.03)
Splenic laceration 2 1
Renal laceration 1
Spine Total 4 (6.77) 0 (0) 7 (7.21) 0 (0)
Cervical spine distortion 2 3
Thoracic spine contusion 1 1
Thoracic spine fracture 0 2
Lumbar spine contusion 1 1
Upper extremity Total 30 (50.84) 2 (3.39) 42 (43.30) 5 (5.15)
Clavicular fracture 0 3 2
AC-joint dislocation 0 1
Shoulder contusion 1 4
Shoulder dislocation 0 1
Proximal humerus fracture 0 1
Elbow fracture 8 1 6 1
Elbow ligament damage 1 0
Elbow contusion 3 5
Forearm fracture 0 1 1
Distal radial fracture 2 - 0
SL-ligament tear 0 1 1
Wrist/hand contusion 10 16
Metacarpal fracture 1 1 3
Abrasions 4 0
Pelvis Total 1 (1.7) 0 3 (3.09) 1 (1.03)
Pelvic contusion 1 2
Pelvic fracture 0 1 1
Lower extremity Total 28 (47.45)  3 (5.08) 17 (17.52) 2 (2.06)
Hip contusion 1 0
Knee contusion 10 6
Patella fracture 1 1
Proximal tibia fracture 1 1 0
Ankle fracture 1 1 4 2
Ankle distortion 5 1 4
Metatarsal/toe fracture 2 1
Foot contusion 3 - 1
Abrasions 4 0