ArticleEuropean journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society2026
Clinical impact and economic burden of electric scooter-related facial fractures in Barcelona.
Article in European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeThe landscape of facial trauma has evolved with the integration of micromobility devices into urban environments. This study aimed to characterize the clinical profile of electric scooter (e-scooter) accidents compared with traditional etiologies (traffic, assaults, falls) and evaluate the economic burden imposed on the public health system.
methodsA cohort of 119 patients who underwent surgery for facial fractures at a Spanish tertiary hospital between 2020 and 2024 was analyzed. To accurately assess economic impact, a specific subgroup of 51 "pure facial fractures"-those with isolated injuries-was utilized for cost analysis.
resultsE-scooter users (10.1% of the total cohort) were significantly younger (mean age 27.9 years, p = 0.044), had shorter hospital stays (7.7 days, p = 0.007), and lower ICU requirements (16.7%) than the traditional group. Adverse outcomes accounted for 29.4% of cases overall, with a significantly higher rate in the e-scooter group compared to other etiologies (58.3% vs. 26.2%; p = 0.039). The median cost for an e-scooter injury was €8,092; though higher than other causes, this was not statistically significant (p = 0.33).
conclusionE-scooters generate complex facial injuries with clinical severity and complication rates comparable to high-energy trauma. The high economic cost and reconstructive complexity, suggest a need for stricter safety regulations, such as mandatory full-face helmets.
Indexed as
Identifiers
42635767What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.