Open AccessOcular Related Sports Injuries
Author(s) -
Oded Ohana,
Chris Alabiad
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of craniofacial surgery (print)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1536-3732
pISSN - 1049-2275
DOI - 10.1097/scs.0000000000007618
Subject(s) - medicine , craniofacial , globe , epidemiology , soft tissue , eye injuries , sports injury , mechanism (biology) , injury prevention , poison control , surgery , physical therapy , ophthalmology , medical emergency , pathology , psychiatry , philosophy , epistemology
Ocular injuries occur frequently in sports, affecting the globe, surrounding soft tissues, and the orbital bony structure. This review provides the craniofacial surgeon a broad general overview of epidemiology, mechanism of disease, and prevention.