Oden has successful surgery

[Fez Hammersticks]

PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden underwent successful microfracture surgery today on his left knee, it was announced by General Manager Rich Cho.

Oden, 22, will miss the remainder of the 2010-11 season.

"We are pleased that Greg's surgery went as planned and we are here to support him fully in his rehabilitation," said Cho. "I have a great deal of confidence that Greg will work hard and do all that is asked of him in order to get back on the court."

Dr. Richard Steadman performed the surgery with assistance from Trail Blazers orthopedic surgeon Dr. Don Roberts at the Steadman Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colo.

-Blazers.com

 

[Nikolokolus]

Now the hard part comes ...

 

[Wheels]

so I was a little confused with the Doctors interview this afternoon.. was he saying 50-50 the surgery was a success or 50-50 recovering?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

50-50 chance he could return to full health or close to it.

 

[julius]

Now the hard part comes ...

That's what she said...

 

[BBert]

When did they write that? And what else were they going to say?

For some reason that press release reminded me of the time the Chinese had the space launch and someone accidentally published the press release, complete with post-launch quotes about the glorious success of the people's republic, before the actual launch. I'm pretty sure someone lost their head over that, if you know what I mean.

Here's hoping Greg's surgery is a complete success and he goes on to have a productive career -- with the Blazers!

 

[Minstrel]

As nik says, this was the easy part. It's nice that the surgery wasn't bungled or that no complications arose, but I think successful surgery is pretty standard. Now...successful rehab. We can only hope.

 

[julius]

I'd like to know if it was a weight bearing part of the leg, or a non weight bearing part of the leg like the other MF.

 

[blazerboy30]

I'd like to know if it was a weight bearing part of the leg, or a non weight bearing part of the leg like the other MF.

Didn't they say it was the femur? I'm pretty sure the femur is weight bearing.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Trail Blazers center Greg Oden undergoes succesful knee surgery, officially out for season (maybe not for post season...)

Trail Blazers center Greg Oden underwent successful mircrofracture surgery on his left knee Friday in Vail, Colorado, bringing an official end to his season before it started.

The procedure was performed by Dr. Richard Steadman, with assistance from Blazers orthopedist Dr. Don Roberts, and was the third of Oden’s brief injury-riddled career. In 2007, he had microfracture surgery on his right knee and last season he underwent surgery to repair a fractured left patella.

“We are pleased that Greg’s surgery went as planned and we are here to support him fully in his rehabilitation,” Blazers general manager Rich Cho said in a release. “I have a great deal of confidence that Greg will work hard and do all that is asked of him in order to get back on the court.”

Oden’s most recent surgery is expected to sideline him between six and 12 months.

Oden, who was drafted with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft, has played in just 82 games and will have missed two full seasons by the time his rookie contract has expired — a contract that paid him $19.3 million. Oden holds career averages of 9.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.43 blocked shots per game.

http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2010/11/trail_blazers_center_greg_oden.html

 

[Natebishop3]

Now the hard part comes ...

Not getting hurt again?

 

[RR7]

6-12 months? Should just say 6 months to life.

 

[Minstrel]

I really wish we could get an independent, well-respected doctor to ask whether Oden's injury history, the nature of those injuries, means we really should never expect him to be healthy again.

On the one hand, the injuries do seem a bit unrelated and flukish. None of the injuries are supposed to be recurring problems or degenerative. On the other hand, the piling up of injuries is more than a little hard to argue with. I'd just like someone with a really good medical background to weigh in on what his injury history ultimately says about him.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I really wish we could get an independent, well-respected doctor to ask whether Oden's injury history, the nature of those injuries, means we really should never expect him to be healthy again.

On the one hand, the injuries do seem a bit unrelated and flukish. None of the injuries are supposed to be recurring problems or degenerative. On the other hand, the piling up of injuries is more than a little hard to argue with. I'd just like someone with a really good medical background to weigh in on what his injury history ultimately says about him.

You mean like the doctor who did the mf surgery on him today?

Or maybe even someone like the doctor in LA Cho took Oden to see?

 

[Minstrel]

You mean like the doctor who did the mf surgery on him today?

Or maybe even someone like the doctor in LA Cho took Oden to see?

If we could ask either of them, sure. Meet & Greet?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

If we could ask either of them, sure. Meet & Greet?

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/index.html

 

[Minstrel]

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/index.html

*nod* So we can't ask them. Next suggestion?

 

[Natebishop3]

*nod* So we can't ask them. Next suggestion?

Who is the real life equivalent to Gregory House?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Who is the real life equivalent to Gregory House?

Kingspeed?

 

[Minstrel]

Who is the real life equivalent to Gregory House?

I'm going to bypass the obvious joke potential here, because it would cause further forum drama.

You see how I sacrifice for the good of the community?

 

[Natebishop3]

I'm going to bypass the obvious joke potential here, because it would cause further forum drama.

You see how I sacrifice for the good of the community?

I don't want to hear it. I've been passing on jokes for over a week.

 

[THE HCP]

Kingspeed?

Nah, his is more like Travis Outlaw!

 

[Mamba]

Haven't I read this thread title, before?

In all seriousness, I hope he can one day stay healthy and prove himself on the court. I feel horrible for him.

 

[Natebishop3]

Haven't I read this thread title, before?

In all seriousness, I hope he can one day stay healthy and prove himself on the court. I feel horrible for him.

Don't like Laker fan. You have no feelings

 

[e_blazer]

*nod* So we can't ask them. Next suggestion?

Enhanced interrogation?

 

[BrianFromWA]

Nah, his is more like Travis Outlaw!

I've never heard of Travis Outlaw. That KingSpeed guy is famous, though!

 

[BrianFromWA]

I'm just wondering what would cause a man to have two separate instances of needing MF, both of which didn't entail extended basketball playing. The first was after the supposed DDR (or "getting off Mom's couch") incident in the summertime, and the second after a year or so of rehab on his other leg. I can't think of anyone off the top of my head who's had to have two MF surgeries on each knee who DIDN'T have repeated wear and tear (like KMart).

 

[jlprk]

so I was a little confused with the Doctors interview this afternoon.. was he saying 50-50 the surgery was a success or 50-50 recovering?

50-50 chance he could return to full health or close to it.

WHAT?? The doctor admits it's 50-50 he'll never play again? And we're going to overpay him for several years to find out?

 

[jlprk]

I'm just wondering what would cause a man to have two separate instances of needing MF, both of which didn't entail extended basketball playing. The first was after the supposed DDR (or "getting off Mom's couch") incident in the summertime, and the second after a year or so of rehab on his other leg. I can't think of anyone off the top of my head who's had to have two MF surgeries on each knee who DIDN'T have repeated wear and tear (like KMart).

Very simple. The lousy doctor treated him for one injury without knowing of the second injury. After the operation on the first injury, Oden was in pain long after he shouldn't have been. So 11 months after surgery (a few days ago) the lousy doctor got around to taking another MRI and discovered a whole new injury, which was the cause of the enduring pain.

The crumby doctor probably hasn't discovered another injury, so Oden will take forever to recover until the good doctor gives him another MRI around 11 months from now.

 

[Sinobas]

To quote Leslie Nealson: "There's a 50-50 chance he'll make a full recovery, but there's only a 25% chance of that happening"


Greg Oden is done folks. If his knees can't handle the stress of getting off the couch and shoot arounds, they can't handle the rigors of the NBA. We've all seen what happens when he tries to play, his knee exploded.

They said the damage to his cartiledge was substantial, like someone took a 9 iron to it.