Citation

Oyewole OA, Oladiran AB, Ogunrewo TO, Omoyeni RA. Niger. Med. J. 2020; 61(5): 288-290.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Nigerian Medical Association, Publisher Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/nmj.NMJ_156_19

PMID

33487856

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.

Language: en

Keywords

Knee injury; sideswipe injury; tricycle injury