Sport-Related Structural Brain Injury and Return to Play: Systematic Review and Expert Insight.

Ho-Joong KimAaron M Yengo-KahnAlan R TangJulian E BailesKathryn BeauchampMitchel S BergerChristopher M BonfieldPaul J CamarataRobert C CantuGavin A DavisRichard G EllenbogenMichael J EllisHank FeuerEric GuazzoOdette A HarrisPeter HeppnerStephen HoneybulGeoff ManleyJoseph C MaroonVincent J MieleBrian V NahedDavid O OkonkwoMark E OppenlanderJerry PettyH Ian SabinUzma SamadaniEric W SherburnMark SheridanCharles H TatorNicholas TheodoreShelly D TimmonsGraeme F WoodworthGary S SolomonAllen K Sills

Published in: Neurosurgery (2021)

RTP decisions following structural brain injury in athletes are markedly heterogeneous. While individualized RTP decisions are critical, aggregated expert opinions from 31 international sports neurosurgeons provide key insight. Level of play was found to be an important consideration in RTP determinations.

Keyphrases

brain injury
systematic review
subarachnoid hemorrhage
meta analyses
clinical practice
cerebral ischemia
high school
randomized controlled trial