Tom Brady suffers setback
Infection leads to 2 more procedures
FOXBORO - Doctors are so concerned about containing the infection in Tom Brady [stats]’s left knee they have performed three procedures in an attempt to eradicate it, according to a source familiar with the Patriots [team stats] quarterback’s travails on the West Coast.
According to the source, the fear is the patellar tendon graft used to replace Brady’s anterior cruciate ligament is in danger of becoming compromised. Should that occur, the entire ACL reconstruction would have to be removed and redone from scratch.
Ramappa agreed a repeat surgery may be needed if the graft was deemed to be compromised or infected.
“That’s a very rare scenario, but it’s a possibility,” he said. “In all likelihood, they’ll be able to eradicate the infection, and be able to maintain the original surgery. What it sounds like, is they’re doing everything they can to try to preserve his knee, preserve the graft, so they don’t have to do another surgery. If he’s had three surgeries, they must be quite concerned about there being an infection.”
I read this piece from the Boston Herald and heard some doctor talk about it on Mike and Mike in the morning on espn radio.
The doctor threw around the possibility of "career threatening" and "potential disaster" if the infection gets worse and they can't clean it out properly. (obviously the worst case scenario, but still shot a cold feeling down my spin)
Man, I thought this procedure as considered "successful."
As a fan of the game, I'm really worried T.B. might be unable to return back 100% to old his form and there could be lingering effects on his knee that could be there for the rest of his career.
