Utley Major Surgery

by **karn** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 19:59:03

Was Utley favoring his hip since before 2007 when this photo of him was taken? Look closely and you'll notice that he's avoiding putting his weight to one side and is in fact using a bat in a cane-like fashion. This looks bad guys

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 20:12:04

Ace Rothstein wrote:i wonder what took so long for this announcement to come out , he had the MRI done the monday after the parade

Maybe it took this long for all that WFC celebratory alcohol to leave his system?

by **Barry Jive** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 15:42:02

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygctbqBijFk[/youtube]

by **Grotewold** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:38:41

ek wrote:the details he gives of this surgery makes me cringe a bit

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/34862944.html

is that the real Discostu down there!

by **Barry Jive** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:48:09

I don't believe Bill Conlin actually found that case study through Google by himself.

God, Chase is the man, though.

by **Fusilli Jerry** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 22:59:57

ek wrote:the details he gives of this surgery makes me cringe a bit

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/34862944.html

I had the same surgery several years ago to repair a torn labrum in my hip and I'm still cringing from it.

I really have to hand it to Chase. Knowing how painful the injury is, I'm amazed at everything he was able to do this season. Some days it hurt too much for me to even get out of a car and this guy played 159 games and won a Silver Slugger. I guess that's why he's a professional athlete and I'm, well...not.

by **ReadingPhilly** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 15:54:28

Lauber says closer to six months than four.

by **Grotewold** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 16:11:05

Debridement is a medical term referring to the removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue

Wikiwold

by **JFLNYC** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 16:16:08

Arthroscopic debridement for osteoarthritis of either the hip or the knee is performed with some frequency in the United States. In general, you're looking at earlier stage of the disease where the knee is not severely arthritic or the hip is not severely arthritic. Once severe arthritis occurs, you're looking at more replacement options than you are retention options, or arthroscopic debridement type options.

Arthroscopic debridement is best performed in the knee when there are mechanical symptoms. And what I mean by that is that there's locking, catching or giving way in the knee and that the alignment of the knee is reasonable. You're not terribly bow-legged and you're not terribly knock-kneed.

Under those conditions the results are fairly reasonable both with arthroscopic treatment of knee arthritis as well as arthroscopic treatment of hip arthritis. In the hip usually you're looking at debriding something called the labrum. In the knee you're typically looking at debriding something called the meniscus. In both cases, removing that mechanical impairment can sometimes result in significant pain relief and delay the need for either hip replacement or knee replacement surgery.

Link, with video

Sounds like someday (hopefully in the distant future) Utely will need hip replacement.

by **steven snell** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 16:18:05

The best part::

In both cases, removing that mechanical impairment can sometimes result in significant pain relief and delay the need for either hip replacement or knee replacement surgery.

by **JFLNYC** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 16:39:23

This is why you go for it when you have the chance because crap happens.

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 19:53:06

Grotewold wrote:Debridement is a medical term referring to the removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue

Wikiwold

...trying to hold back a divorce joke...

by **Bob Loblaw** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 09:51:03

ek wrote:
(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.

yay.

Archived

Utley Major Surgery