'Lime bike leg': What doctors are seeing in ebike crashes

A man in his 30s arrived at the Royal London Major Trauma Centre after what sounded like a relatively minor cycling accident. He had been riding a shared ebike when he lost control and fell. By the time I met him, scans had revealed a complex fracture around his ankle where his shinbone (tibia) had pierced his skin. He would need multiple surgeries to fix his broken bone and grafts for his skin and muscles, followed by many months of rehabilitation and a prolonged period away from work.