From the appropriately named OsteitisPubis22 on our board.
This is totally ****ed for JD, beyond just footy.
This is totally ****ed for JD, beyond just footy.
No it is not standard procedure.
For those considered as Elite athletes, surgeons recommend at least 12-15 months of non- operative treatment before surgery is considered.
Of all cases where osteitis pubis has occurred, it is believed that only between 5-10% of sufferers will require surgery.
OP is where there is an instability of pubic symphysis. To dumb that down, that’s when the pubic area of the pelvis is shifting further apart from one another. The ligaments holding each side of the pelvis together are stretching further and further apart.causing the pelvis to tilt and leaving the athlete with extreme discomfort.
The surgery required is essentially where a plate is screwed in, connecting the inlaid tricortical Iliac crest bones to each other (picture attached below).
The major reason surgeons prefer not to go straight to surgery is because in the possible case in infection, hemospermia can occur (ejaculating blood) leading to an inability to produce sperm and therefore becoming unable to reproduce. As well as scrotal Swelling leading to testicular diseases.
Why would anyone risk that when there is a very high success rate (90-95%) of non-operative treatments.
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