ゴルフによる眼外傷11症例

Eleven cases of eye injury while playing golf

　過去5年間にゴルフプレー中に起こった眼外傷の自検例11例を検討した。すべて片眼性で，男性9例，女性2例であり，年齢は27歳から65歳，平均47歳であった。受傷原因は，打球7例，ゴルフ用品による受傷3例，電動カートからの転倒1例であった。主症状は，眼球破裂4例，前房出血3例，水晶体脱臼2例，強膜裂傷1例，角膜裂傷1例であった。7例に手術を行い，うち4例は失明し，眼球癆になった。失明した4例はすべて打球による受傷であり，うち3例では打球からの距離が150ヤード未満であった。ゴルフボールによる眼外傷は重症例が多く，予後不良例が多かった。

We reviewed 11 cases of eye injury incurred during playing golf in the past 5-year-period. Eye injury oc-curred unilaterally in all the cases. The series comprised 9 males and 2 females. Their ages ranged from 27 to 65 years, average 47 years. Eye injury was caused by flying golf ball in 7 cases, golfing equipment in 3 cases, and falling from electric cart in 1 case. Main eye lesions comprised eyeball rupture in 4 cases, hyphema in 3 cases, lens luxation in 2 cases, scleral rupture and corneal ruptute in 1 case each. Surgery was performed on 7 cases, of which 4 cases be-came blind and phthisis bulbi. Hitting by flying golf ball was the cause of injury in these 4 cases. The distance from the site of hitting the ball was within 150 yards in 3 of the 4 cases. The findings show that injury by golf ball may result in severe eye lesions and in poor outcome in the majority of cases.