Return to driving post upper or lower extremity orthopaedic surgical procedures: a scoping review of current published literature.

ABSTRACT: Patients undergoing planned or unplanned orthopaedic procedures involving their upper or lower extremity can prevent them from safe and timely return to driving, where they commonly ask, 'Doctor, when can I drive?' Driving recommendations after such procedures are varied. The current evidence available is based on a heterogenous data set with varying degrees of sample size and markedly differing study designs. This instructional review article provides a scoping overview of studies looking at return to driving after upper or lower extremity surgery in both trauma and elective settings and, where possible, to provide clinical recommendations for return to driving. Medline, EMBASE, SCOPUS, and Web of Science databases were searched according to a defined search protocol to elicit eligible st

SUBMITTER: Khaliq M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10714384 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature