Wani Abrar A, Ramzan A U, Tariq R, Kirmani A R, Bhat A R
Department of Neurosurgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India.
Pediatr Neurosurg. 2008;44(3):204-7. doi: 10.1159/000120151. Epub 2008 Mar 11.
The aim of the study was the assessment of head injury caused by cricket ball injury in children. In underdeveloped countries, this is particularly important due to the absence of safety precautions. The study was undertaken to increase the public awareness of the need to reduce the morbidity related to this sport.
This was a prospective study in which all the children <18 years who had sustained head injury due to cricket balls were enrolled.
The study included 27 children, 26 males and 1 female. Out of these 21 cases of head injury were due to hard plastic cricket balls and the rest were due to conventional cricket balls. In 25 patients, CT scan was done, which revealed a lesion in 21 of them. Six patients required surgery, 3 for extradural hematoma, 1 for acute subdural hematoma, 1 for contusion and 1 for compound depressed fracture. One death occurred in our series. There was no significant difference in the nature of injury sustained by either plastic or conventional cricket balls.
Head injury due to cricket balls can lead to serious consequences even if an innocuous plastic ball is used in place of a conventional cricket ball. Public awareness apart from safety measures is required so that helmets are worn during playing. Change in the nature of the balls may bring a reduction in the severity of head injury.
本研究旨在评估儿童因板球运动导致的头部损伤情况。在欠发达国家，由于缺乏安全防护措施，这一问题尤为重要。开展该研究是为了提高公众对降低此项运动相关发病率必要性的认识。
这是一项前瞻性研究，纳入了所有18岁以下因板球导致头部受伤的儿童。
该研究共纳入27名儿童，其中26名男性，1名女性。其中，21例头部损伤是由硬塑料板球导致的，其余是由传统板球导致的。25例患者进行了CT扫描，其中21例显示有损伤。6例患者需要进行手术，3例因硬膜外血肿，1例因急性硬膜下血肿，1例因挫伤，1例因复合凹陷性骨折。本系列研究中有1例死亡。使用塑料板球或传统板球导致的损伤性质没有显著差异。
即使使用无害的塑料球代替传统板球，因板球导致的头部损伤仍可能导致严重后果。除了安全措施外，还需要提高公众意识，以便在比赛时佩戴头盔。球的性质改变可能会降低头部损伤的严重程度。
