Golf is a popular sports activity which people of all ages can enjoy. Use of Golf cart for moving around golf course is commonly. However power of golf cart is stronger than most people think, its driving is at potential risk. Injury accident due to its driving error occurs in Japanese men's golf tour is still fresh in our mind. Recently we experienced two cases having golf cart related head injury.
Case 1 was thrown out of passenger seat of golf cart and was hit hard on head and face in foreign golf course. She was transferred to our hospital to receive medical treatment and was diagnosed as cerebral contusion on bilatelal frontal lobe.
Case 2 was also thrown out of passenger seat of golf cart and was hit hard on occipital and temporal. Because of progressing consciousness disturbance, He was transported to our hospital by ambulance helicopter. His conscious level score was III-200 using Japan coma scale, 6 using Glasgow coma scale. His CT scan presented severe bilateral frontal contusion and left acute subdural hematoma. In spite of emergency operation, he became persistent vesitative state unfortunately.
The number of golf cart related head injury is little, but it caused severe head injury required neurosurgical management in some cases. At this point safety standards for golf cart in our country is not established. Preventing miserable accident, it is necessary to establish safety system including equipment of seatbelt and widespread of high-security golf cart.
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