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| Ocular injuries in basketball and baseball: what are the risks and how can we prevent them? |
| Heimmel MR, Murphy MA. Curr Sports Med Rep 2008; 7(5): 284-8. |
| Affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA. |
| DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e318186ffc5 What is this? |
| PMID: 18772689 |
| (Copyright © 2008, Current Science) |
| Ocular trauma is a frequent result of sports-related injury during basketball and baseball. A screening sideline examination should be performed immediately to assess vision and evaluate the severity of damage. The team physician should be able to treat minor injuries and identify vision-threatening trauma for immediate referral. Injuries range from minor, including corneal abrasion and foreign bodies, to more severe, including hyphema, orbital fracture, and globe rupture. Resultant damage may be vision-threatening and permanent. Most of these injuries can be prevented with full-time use of sport-specific protective eyewear. Physicians should recommend appropriate eye protection and counsel patients accordingly.
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