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PORT Adelaide onballer David Rodan has had a third knee reconstruction‘.
Rodan again opted for a LARS operation when his left knee was reconstructed for a second time on Monday night....
....Rodan, who had his right knee reconstructed by conventional surgery in 2005 when playing for Richmond, immediately requested another LARS procedure.
With the amount of trouble D-Rod has had with his knees since early in his career would having a traditional re-construction really make the risk of it happening again any better
Well I guess you have to ask yourself the question. Do they go with the traditional knee reco method that has been successful in the past or do they go with the unproven LARS surgery again which failed after 10 months? I'd say there's a greater risk with one option.
Well I guess you have to ask yourself the question. Do they go with the traditional knee reco method that has been successful in the past or do they go with the unproven LARS surgery again which failed after 10 months? I'd say there's a greater risk with one option.
What's the point in having doctors in footy then?
To tend to you ageing crowd?
Knitting needlestick injuries?
Lol wut? A free country?
What's the point in having doctors in footy then?
To tend to you ageing crowd?
Knitting needlestick injuries?
Doctors give an opinion/recommendation, the patient gets to choose... a whacky concept i know, but we are generally in charge of what happens to our bodies. I'm also pretty sure a guy who has been through both types of surgery would be fairly well informed on the risks/complications of both.
If traditional reconstructions are so awesome, please enlighten us on how Brett Burton, Shaun Rehn, and Trent Hentschel recovered from theirs? Rehn had what.... 3 reconstructions? You think he would have chosen LARS had it been available?
Doctors give an opinion/recommendation, the patient gets to choose... a whacky concept i know, but we are generally in charge of what happens to our bodies. I'm also pretty sure a guy who has been through both types of surgery would be fairly well informed on the risks/complications of both.
If traditional reconstructions are so awesome, please enlighten us on how Brett Burton, Shaun Rehn, and Trent Hentschel recovered from theirs? Rehn had what.... 3 reconstructions? You think he would have chosen LARS had it been available?
I wonder if Daniel Chick had any say in getting his finger lopped off?
I'm surprised Rodan has chosen it again. I would have thought he was a much more valuable asset to Port than to risk it going again.
Why are you just talking about Crows players though? How about every other successful knee reconstruction? This isn't a Port v Crows argument so stop trying to make it into one.
I wonder if Daniel Chick had any say in getting his finger lopped off?
Poor form dav.
Hentchells was a lot worse than just an ACL. Burton was worse as well. Rehn was always buggered after his first one.
What about Schwartz from Melbourne. He had 2 or 3. Came back way too early and did it again.
Traditional reconstructions aren't "awesome"!! They just have a better result than the LARS procedure.
I'm surprised Rodan has chosen it again. I would have thought he was a much more valuable asset to Port than to risk it going again.
Where is the thread you started about Nick Malceski's LARS procedure?
Completely different. Chick was in pain and opted to get the top of it amputated to prolong his career. In a situation like Rodan's, the ligament frayed after 10 months. I would've thought instead of allowing Rodan to immediately have another LARS surgery, that a little bit more thought would have gone into it. There was also a good point bought up in the paper that there is the likehood that the LARS surgery just doesn't stand up to Rodan's game style.
Umm .. Malceski's hasn't frayed??