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A knee injury is expected to sideline Carlton captain Anthony Koutoufides for between one week and a fortnight after he visited an orthopaedic surgeon on Monday.
To this point, Koutoufides has avoided arthroscopic surgery, and the club is hopeful the problem can be cured by rest and an anti-inflammatory cortisone injection.
Koutoufides had an MRI scan on his troublesome right knee after he was a late withdrawal from Sunday's Wizard Home Loans Cup quarter-final against Melbourne.
The champion midfielder will have a cortisone injection on Tuesday and his progress will be closely monitored.
"The orthopaedic surgeon is confident this will settle the knee down quickly," a statement from Carlton read on Monday.
In what is a frustrating beginning to Koutoufides' 14th season, the knee he had reconstructed in 2001 flared up late last week.
Koutoufides' right knee joint filled with fluid on Saturday night, after he trained on Friday afternoon.
Another possible course of treatment flagged by the club was an arthroscopy that would repair any damage or flush out any floating cartilage or bone.
"We have got to be careful how we handle him. It's been really modified, his program. We can only be guided by the specialist," Blues coach Denis Pagan said after Sunday's match.
To this point, Koutoufides has avoided arthroscopic surgery, and the club is hopeful the problem can be cured by rest and an anti-inflammatory cortisone injection.
Koutoufides had an MRI scan on his troublesome right knee after he was a late withdrawal from Sunday's Wizard Home Loans Cup quarter-final against Melbourne.
The champion midfielder will have a cortisone injection on Tuesday and his progress will be closely monitored.
"The orthopaedic surgeon is confident this will settle the knee down quickly," a statement from Carlton read on Monday.
In what is a frustrating beginning to Koutoufides' 14th season, the knee he had reconstructed in 2001 flared up late last week.
Koutoufides' right knee joint filled with fluid on Saturday night, after he trained on Friday afternoon.
Another possible course of treatment flagged by the club was an arthroscopy that would repair any damage or flush out any floating cartilage or bone.
"We have got to be careful how we handle him. It's been really modified, his program. We can only be guided by the specialist," Blues coach Denis Pagan said after Sunday's match.
