Doctors fear epidemic of Wii-related injuries during the holidays |
UK tabloid The Sun reports that an average of 10 Brits are hospitalized a week for Wii-related injuries. If that statistic was higher, I'd know what to give my annoying neighbor for Christmas.Wiinjuries are responsible for keeping more hospitals busy as Christmas is upon us. In fact, a new kind of Wiinjury has been found and given a name. Joining the likes of Wiitis is "Wii Knee."
Wi Knee is so bad that I don't even get half of its description (feel free to skip this part):
Abstract: We present the case of a 16-year-old boy who injured his knee whilst playing on the video games console Nintendo Wii. The patient presented with an acutely swollen and painful knee to the emergency department of our institution. Initial radiographs revealed an effusion and an osteochondral fracture. Further imaging with magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated evidence of lateral patella dislocation with medial patello-femoral ligamentous damage and a large femoral osteochondral fracture. The patient was successfully treated with surgical fixation of the osteochondral fragment and medial patello-femoral ligament repair. This case highlights the force that can be generated whilst using these new games consoles. - Springer Berlin case report
Doctors fear that there will be a Wiinjury epidemic during the holidays. I don't know why, but I find the whole thing funny as hell.
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Via The Sun
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Comments [refresh]
See? Wii games aren't just for kids. They can be bloody and painful.
I reckon the 16-year-old just fell off his bike lol!
Can you imagine the cost to Medicare with all the old people playing with their wiis and getting hurt? The system will go bankrupt!