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Foster's knee

Discussion in 'Carolina Panthers' started by meatpile, Oct 29, 2002.

  1. meatpile

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    Running back DeShaun Foster, already on injured reserve with a knee injury, was in Birmingham, Ala., Monday, getting a second opinion from Dr. James Andrews.

    Isn't this who Chuck Smith went to for microfracture?
     
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    I'm not sure about Chuck Smith but Andrews is the top doctor in pro and college athletics. That guy must make a fortune.
     
  3. that guy is the shit....he is the trusted expert by most NFL players.
     
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    The only problem I have with Andrews, for the most part, was that at the time he was redoing Jerry Rice and John Kasay, among others, both of which were rush-cases of ACLs (Kasay being end of season, giving 8 weeks of rest and heal and then just five months of rehab before his kneecap broke; Rice tore his first of the season, and returned after four months to see the same happen to him), was that he uses part of the patella tendon to replace the ACL rather than using a cadaver ACL. It diminishes the strength in the patella as well because it was cut and re-attached surgically, and caused two knee injuries to prominent players.

    He may not now but it just seemed suspect at the time. As an orthopedist, he does seem to be the leading guy, and it's possible that in that case he'd be less likely to use some new things - though he never hesitated to go microfracture on our guys. Smith's surgery was against better wishes of the team, Jeffers' was against pat's own better wishes.

    The major problem with microfracture is the same as if using stimulation therapy on a bald head - you're looking to regenerate a little growth over nothing. Eric Swann had no knee cartilage left. Jeffers? Same. Kevin Hardy was younger and had microfracture and it, for the most part, worked. He's got knee cartilage now because they're filling in the cracks (mtaphorically) rather than trying to make an entirely new base.

    So I do have some faith in relacement surgery or microfracture for DeShaun. The faith I lack is whether he'll be healthy consistently ever again. At his best, he could be Fred Taylor, and he certainly has Taylor's negative attributes as well.
     
  5. vpkozel

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    I agree with you mags. I had acl surgery a little over a year ago, and I couldn't understand why everyone wouldn't go for the cadaver option. It is a little more expensive, but you actually get a wider "new acl."
     
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    So you were given the option? What other options were available?
     
  7. BudMan

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    A good friend of mine had an acl repair 2 years ago using the cadaver and has had to have 2 surgery's since. I think it is all in the doctor and the job they do. I would have faith in this dr. given past record and deshaun's young age.
     
  8. mramailman

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    The only option I was given was the choice of using the hamstring or the patellar tendon and even then the Dr. preferred me to go the way of the hamstring... which I did.
     

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