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OCULAR HAZARDS OF SQUASH
Author(s) -
North I. M.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb119697.x
Subject(s) - squash , medicine , incidence (geometry) , surgery , geography , physics , optics , archaeology
The clinical features of 35 cases of ocular injuries from squash are presented. In three, severe ocular injury occurred; two of these patients required surgical treatment. Awareness of the possibility of this injury, together with the wearing of protective spectacles, could greatly reduce the incidence of these injuries.