04-14-2017, 05:48 PM
(04-14-2017, 05:18 PM)ochocincos Wrote: So torn ACLs in which the player had surgery on over a year ago and proven to play on for over a year are worrisome but a broken neck a year ago is not worrisome?
Why do you say that you can "never" get a 100% clear medical due to microfracture surgery? Where is the proof in that?
And why do you keep saying "ticking time bomb" as if someone is guaranteed to have a big issue with their knee at some point after microfracture surgery? There's no guarantee that microfracture surgery will "explode" as you keep insisting.
For the record, Vontaze Burfict had microfracture surgery two years ago and he's been fine.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000463388/article/bengals-vontaze-burfict-had-microfracture-surgery
And before you comment on how it was mentioned in the article of how he had knee surgery in late October 2014 and was having problems still, that was prior to the microfracture surgery, which came after he went on IR.
The biggest worry of microfracture surgery is not giving sufficient time to heal from the procedure. That's why those procedures are typically done right at the start of the offseason or even during the season if the player is on IR. The recovery is needed to be quite a few months. But as long as sufficient time is given for full recovery, this notion that it's a "ticking time bomb" is a fallacy.
I know burfict had microfracture surgery and it has worked so far for him. No the torn acls are not a problem. jake butt is my favorite tight end in the draft. but when uve had all those surgeries already before playing a down in the nfl, and now youll be getting him by the cam chancellors of the world. The microfracture surgery is the problem. First off no 2 microfracture surgeries are the ssme. And it is regarded as sonething that will give out again, u just dont know when. Heres a quote from an article from 2 years ago about the surgery and if it lasts.
The researchers looked at 110 patients who had knee microfracture surgery and followed them for an average of 12 years after the procedure. Over 1/3 of the patients needed additional knee surgeries and almost half had a poor outcome from microfracture. Perhaps the author’s own conclusion sums up best what they found: “a normal knee function was generally not achieved, and many patients had further surgery. The results call for more research and, at present, caution in recommending microfracture in articular cartilage defects, especially in subgroups with worse prognosis.” Who had a worse prognosis? Anyone with any type of arthritis or meniscus tear.
