Citation

Fountas KN, Kapsalaki EZ, Machinis TG, Boev A, Troup EC, Robinson JS. Childs Nerv. Syst. 2006; 22(10): 1282-1287.

Affiliation

Department of Neuroradiology, The Medical Center of Central Georgia, School of Medicine, Mercer University, Macon, GA, USA, knfountasmd@excite.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00381-006-0077-8

PMID

16598498

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Golf-related head injuries constitute an increasingly common mechanism of head trauma in children. We present our experience with 33 pediatric cases of golf-associated head injury, with special emphasis in the type of injury, management strategy, and outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A thorough review of all children admitted to our hospital with golf-related head injury during a period of 10 years (1 January 1994 to 31 December 2003) was undertaken. The patients' charts, operative reports, imaging studies, and follow-up data were analyzed. A comparison of our findings with those described in the pertinent literature was subsequently performed. CONCLUSIONS: Pediatric golf-related head trauma is a significant cause of sport-associated head injury, sometimes harboring a very dismal prognosis. The significance of establishing a task force for the prevention of these injuries cannot be overemphasized.

Language: en