Golf-related injuries: case series and reports
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Within the year 2002, eleven patients attended the emergency department of a public district hospital because of golf-related injuries. This attested to the low but occasionally serious risk of this type of sport activity. As golf is becoming increasingly popular in Hong Kong, it is expected that emergency physicians will see more and more golf-related injuries. (Hong Kong j.emerg.med. 2004;11:220-225)
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