Motorcycle Accidents in Tropical Environments: Injury Mechanisms and Anatomo-Clinical Aspects
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Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com were 468 men (76.09%) and 147 women (23.91%), and the 21-30 age group was the most representative with (n=195, 31.70%) case. Students were the most affected (n=270, 43.91%) on traders (n =142, 23.09%). Motorcycle drivers (n=304, 49.44%) and motorcycle rear passengers (n=175, 28.45%) were the most affected. The most common types of accidents were motorcycle versus car (n=174, 28.29%), motorcycle versus pedestrian (n=154, 25.05%), and mishandled motorcycles (n=174; 143, 23.25%) of the cases. The majority of patients did not wear safety helmets (n =492, 80%). The lesions observed during our study sat preferentially at the limb level (n=344, 55.93%) and Skull n=115; 18.7%). Soft-tissue wounds (n=247, 40.15) predominated the cases, followed by fractures (n =145, 23.57%). There were eleven deaths (n=11, 1.79%).
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Motorcycle Accidents in Tropical Environments: Injury Mechanisms and Anatomo-Clinical Aspects
Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com were 468 men (76.09%) and 147 women (23.91%), and the 21-30 age group was the most representative with (n=195, 31.70%) case. Students were the most affected (n=270, 43.91%) on traders (n =142, 23.09%). Motorcycle drivers (n=304, 49.44%) and motorcycle rear passengers (n=175, 28.45%) were the most affected. The most common types of accidents were mot...
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