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Penetrating missile-type head injury from a defective badminton racquet

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Injuries occurring during badminton are rarely serious and primarily involve the lower extremities. We report an instance wherein a patient suffered serious brain injury related to playing with a defective badminton racquet. The possibility of similar injuries following the separation of the racquet head and shaft from the handle needs to be disseminated.

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  1. East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Knoxville, TN, USA

    Dante Pappano

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA

    Elizabeth Murray, Lynn Babcock Cimpello & Gregory Conners

  3. 2018 Clinch Avenue, Knoxville, TN, 37901, USA

    Dante Pappano

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Pappano, D., Murray, E., Cimpello, L.B. et al. Penetrating missile-type head injury from a defective badminton racquet. Eur J Pediatr 168, 749–751 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-008-0826-7

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