BY SCOTT LAUBER
Just received this from the Phillies. I'm in the process of having "arthroscopic debridement" and "bony lesion" translated into English, but it sounds like the surgery involved the elements that will make the recovery period closer to six months than four. Stay tuned for further updates throughout the day:
Phillies second baseman Chase Utley had surgery on his right hip yesterday. The surgery was performed by Dr. Bryan Kelly at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Utley had an arthroscopic debridement of his labrum and a bony lesion that was present. Dr. Kelly reported the surgery went well and the findings yesterday were consistent with the diagnostic studies performed prior to surgery. It is anticipated that he will have a four- to six-month recovery period as previously described.
Also, third baseman Pedro Feliz had a lumbar discectomy performed on Nov. 20 by Dr. Robert Watkins in Los Angeles and the procedure went well. The discectomy was performed on the L4-5 disc and Feliz will return home to complete his rehabilitation program, which is expected to require eight to 12 weeks.
(Updated, 4:22 p.m.): Well, clearly, I'm not ready to get my medical degree yet. Just spoke to Dr. Victor Kalman, an orthopedic surgeon at the Morgan-Kalman Clinic and our resident hip specialist. According to the good doctor, a debridement consists of little more than "trimming" the labrum, the best-case scenario for Utley. Based on the Phillies' description of the procedure, and without knowing Utley's speed of recovery (we're guessing it's pretty good), Kalman said it sounds "pretty reasonable" that Utley could be ready by Opening Day.
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Is this your real job? You get paid to post this drivel? Seriously? No wonder TNJ's revenues are way down and Gannett is cutting back. The world economy is about to make the Great Depression look like a bounced check, and you make a living typing boring factoids about millionaires who got lucky, for once. I hope you at least have the clas to give some of your free money to charity.
I'm betting the "blog author" won't approve this. I'm also betting his parents don't know he's a "blog author." BFD.
You're so right. Why enjoy talking about the WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS when you could spend all day focusing only on the worst things in life.
Then again, there's probably a blog for that.
Wow, great post pal, hope you have a nice Thanksgiving, sounds as if you NEED a break
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