@article{ref1,
title="Pediatric golf-related head injuries",
journal="Child's nervous system",
year="2006",
author="Troup, E. Christopher and Boev, Angel and Machinis, Theofilos G. and Kapsalaki, Eftychia Z. and Robinson, Joe Sam and Fountas, Kostas N.",
volume="22",
number="10",
pages="1282-1287",
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.  <p></p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0256-7040",
doi="10.1007/s00381-006-0077-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00381-006-0077-8"
}