Segway® related injuries in Vienna: report from the Lorenz Böhler Trauma Centre

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• 作者：D. Roider ; C. Busch ; R. Spitaler ; H. Hertz
• 关键词：Segway ; Segway vehicle ; Segway transporter ; Radial head fracture
• 刊名：European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：42
• 期：2
• 页码：203-205
• 全文大小：379 KB
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• 作者单位：D. Roider (1)
  C. Busch (1)
  R. Spitaler (1)
  H. Hertz (1)
  
  1. Lorenz Böhler Trauma Centre Vienna, Donaueschingenstraße 13, 1200, Vienna, Austria
  
• 刊物主题：Traumatic Surgery; Surgical Orthopedics; Emergency Medicine; Sports Medicine; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Surgery;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1863-9941

文摘

Introduction The Segway ® vehicle facilitates a new way of eco-friendly mobility and is currently used all over the world. In the last years, the use of the Segway ® transporters for sightseeing tours in Vienna has increased distinctly, resulting in a growing number of Segway ® related injuries and subsequent admissions of these patients to the Lorenz Böhler Trauma Centre in Vienna, Austria.