title: [Scooter accidents in children at Aristide Le Dantec, Unversity Hospital of Dakar: a study of 74 cases].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Scooter accidents are becoming more frequent in Dakar. The purpose of this study is to report the epidemiological and lesional aspects of these accidents on children in Dakar.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective and descriptive study was conducted in Pediatric Surgery Unit of the Aristide Le Dantec Hospital in Dakar from January 1st, 2009 to December 31, 2011. Various parameters were studied. These parameters include: frequency, sociodemographic and lesional aspects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Scooter accidents represent 12% of highway accidents. They were more frequent in the day, from 12 am to 2 pm (27%) and in the night, from 6 pm to 8 pm (28.4%). They might occur every day but were more frequent during April (17.6%) and June (13.5%). They occurred mainly in the suburban district of Dakar (78%). The age group most affected was the one from 3 to 8 years (60.8%). Male gender was predominant (sex ratio 1.5). Pedestrians are the most vulnerable (93.2%). The fall was the dominant mechanism (98.7%). Lesions affected mainly the lower limb (51.1%) and were essentially constituted by fracture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The frequency of scooter accidents in children is related to the galloping urbanization and to the increase of the number of cars on the roads in the peninsula. Victims are essentially pedestrians and present most of the time fractures.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Pédiatrique du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: Azhar Salim
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Pédiatrique du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ngom
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Pédiatrique du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: Mamadou
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sow
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Pédiatrique du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: Papa Alassane
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Mbaye
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Pédiatrique du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: Souleymane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Camara
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Pédiatrique du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: Ndeye Fatou
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Seck
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Pédiatrique du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: Oumar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ndour
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000069636:Pedestrians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010988:Play and Playthings / Q000293:injuries*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Dakar; child; fractures; pedestrians; scooter accident