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ArticleNigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical Association

Sideswipe Injury of the Knee: The New Face of an Old Foe?

Olugboyega Abimbola Oyewole, Ajibola B Oladiran, Tolulope O Ogunrewo, Richard Adelana Omoyeni

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Article in Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical Association. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Olugboyega Abimbola OyewoleDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Ajibola B OladiranDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Tolulope O OgunrewoDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Richard Adelana OmoyeniDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The term "sideswipe injury" has become synonymous and used interchangeably with the term "traffic elbow." However, with the continuous rise in the use of the tricycle as a means of public transportation in some developing countries, a rise in sideswipe injuries of various severities is being experienced. We report a case of sideswipe injury to the left knee region of a 45-year-old female who was a passenger in the backseat of a tricycle. She sustained a severe injury to the soft tissues and bones around the knee and the popliteal region, with disruption of the neurovascular bundles in the popliteal fossa necessitating an above-knee amputation.

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Knee injurysideswipe injurytricycle injury

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PMID33487856
PMCPMC7808287

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