Note that not only are the radius and ulna broken, but the metal plates inside the bones (from repair of previous fractures) are bent at a 90 degree angle. The victim explains:
Was on a nice leisurely bike ride - shoe laces got stuck on my bike pedal and wrapped around multiple times over. Fell off as I was braking to get them unstuck. I never want to get on a bike again 😫
I learned that about the shoelaces when I was a kid. It didn't cost me that much.
ReplyDeleteAnd I learned about it as an adult after falling down after stepping on the dangling end of an unnecessarily-long (tied) shoelace.
DeleteThis guy later updated and told how he lost his pulse in that arm- the bend that couldn't be straightened until he got to the hospital had pinched his arteries and cut off blood flow. Glad they were able to fix that.
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