Patients with trauma to the face and head require evaluation of all structures; injuries often occur in combination (for dental trauma, see Dental Emergencies; for tympanic membrane trauma, see Middle Ear and Tympanic Membrane Disorders: Traumatic Perforation of the Tympanic Membrane; and for eye trauma, see Eye Trauma).

Last full review/revision March 2013 by Sam P. Most, MD

Content last modified March 2013