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Baseball Musings
March 08, 2009
Surgery Decided

Alex Rodriguez opts for surgery on his hip:

Alex Rodriguez will have arthroscopic hip surgery on Monday and is expected to miss six to nine weeks.

Rodriguez has a torn labrum and a cyst in his right hip. The cyst was drained last Wednesday, and the Yankees slugger had additional tests Friday to test the hip's strength and flexibility.

From what I've read earlier on the matter, it sounds like they compromised and are going to fix the labrum, not the bone. The more complicated surgery would have put Alex out for four months, where the labrum repair would take less time to heal. I suppose they could always go back in during the off-season and repair the bone, giving him plenty of time to heal.

Update: Here's more from Peter Abraham. They are indeed going to perform two surgeries:

UPDATE, 9:36 a.m.: Alex Rodriguez will have less invasive surgery to repair the labrum, try to play and then have a full repair after the season.

UPDATE, 9:40 a.m.: A-Rod has an impingement, meaning bone is striking bone. The initial surgery will fix the labrum. The second will repair the bone deformity.

The goal, Dr. Philiipon, will be a rapid rehab. "It's a very good option," he said.
He said the rehab will take 6-9 weeks.

UPDATE, 9:47 p.m.: Surgery will be Monday. Dr. Philippon said he's 85-90 percent certain A-Rod won't have a setback this season.

A-Rod will stay in Vail for several weeks.

Again, it'll be 6-9 weeks before he plays in a MLB game. So late April possibly.

UPDATE, 9:58 a.m.: Dr. Philippon said it's 100 percent that A-Rod will need a second surgery.

The larger surgery would have kept him out 3-4 months. They'll gave to reshape the femoral head of the bone.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:44 AM | Injuries | TrackBack (0)
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