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The incidence of sports-related ocular injuries treated in hospital emergency departments continues to rise,^1,2,3 and baseball accounted for the greatest number of sports-related eye injuries in the United States in 1991⁴. Although most injuries occur in beginners and amateurs, professionals also sustain serious eye injuries. We investigated the incidence of ocular injuries in a prospective study of major-league baseball players.

Methods

We conducted a one-year prospective study of ocular injuries among professional baseball players from July 1991 to July 1992. There were a total of 775 team-games (with each major-league team's participation in a single game counted as 1 team-game) . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Results

Discussion

Source Information

North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, NY 11030
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center
Bronx, NY 10457
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, NY 11030
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center
Bronx, NY 10457

Address reprint requests to Dr. Zagelbaum at the Lions Eye Bank for Long Island at North Shore University Hospital, 300 Community Dr., Manhasset, NY 11030.

References

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• Zagelbaum, B. M., Starkey, C., Hersh, P. S., Donnenfeld, E. D., Perry, H. D., Jeffers, J. B. (1995). The National Basketball Association Eye Injury Study. Arch Ophthalmol 113: 749-752 [Abstract]