Table 1 Causative mechanisms in lumbosacral plexus injuries

Detailed description of the causal mechanisms

Frontal impact against another veicle (car, van, track, motorcycle): 9 cases

Frontal impact against another veicle (car): 6 cases

3 patients (2 small children) run down by a car

1 patient° crushed by a silo falling from on high on a ship

1 ski accident (hitting a pole during downhill)

1 patient falling from the fourth floor

1 patient run down by an earthwork and hit by a slab of asphalt

Frontal impact against the guardrail: 2 cases or a wall: 1 case or a gate: 2 cases

Bus/track overriding the motorcycle: 2 cases

1 patient crushed by a car against a gate

1 patient whose foot was trapped and pulled by a reaper machine

1 watermotorcycle accident

1 Pt. fell off a ladder, lied on the floor on his left side for several hrs before rescue (nervous ischemia?)

Frontal impact against a tree lining the road: 4 cases

1 patient slipping and falling down during a basketball match

2 patients falling from a scaffold (work accident)

Driving off the road: 8 cases

No clear car accident dynamics:17 cases

No clear accident dynamics: 7 cases

Total number of patients

43*

15*

4

2

3

4*

1