Elite and Professional sports facial injuries management – a consensus report. Issue 10 (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Scott, Neil; Hughes, Justin; Forbes-Haley, Claire; East, Charles; Holmes, Simon; Wilson, Ewan; Ball, Simon; Hammond, Douglas; Drake, David; Hutchison, Iain; Cobb, Alistair R M
• Is Part Of: British journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery. Volume 58:Issue 10(2020)
• Page Start: e254
• Page End: e259
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: Maxillofacial -- craniofacial -- facial -- sport -- exercise -- elite -- professional sports -- injury -- Trauma -- rehabilitation -- consensus; Mouth -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Maxilla -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Face -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Surgery, Plastic -- Periodicals; Dentistry, Operative -- Periodicals; Face -- surgery -- Periodicals; Mouth -- surgery -- Periodicals; Maxilla -- surgery -- Periodicals; Surgery, Oral -- Periodicals; Oral Surgical Procedures -- Periodicals; Dentistry, Operative -- Periodicals; Bouche -- Chirurgie -- Périodiques; Maxillaire supérieur -- Chirurgie -- Périodiques; Face -- Chirurgie -- Périodiques; Chirurgie dentaire -- Périodiques; Dentistry, Operative; Face -- Surgery; Maxilla -- Surgery; Mouth -- Surgery; Surgery, Plastic; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 617.52059
• DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.08.046
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0266-4356

Abstract

Abstract: Whilst there have been great improvements in the management of elite and professional athletes with the formalisation of the clinical specialty of Sports and Exercise medicine, the management of facial injuries has perhaps lagged in this group. Professional athletic careers can be put in jeopardy due to unnecessarily long absences from training and competition after facial injuries. Professional and elite sports athletes can benefit from different approaches to the management of their facial injuries to reduce time away from competing but maximise their safety. On 6 th December 2018, a consensus meeting of interested clinicians involved in the management of facial injuries of elite and professional athletes was held at the Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK to provide a contemporary review of the approaches to conservative, operative and recovery management of facial injuries. National experts with specialist experience of facial injuries presentation and athlete needs from a range of elite and professional sports led the day's programme and the discussions so that guidelines could be formulated. These are presented in this review paper.