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Can McGahee do it?
By Mike Doser
Date: Apr 30, 2003
What is the likelihood that Bills first-round draft pick Willis McGahee will come back after tearing three left knee ligaments during the January Fiesta Bowl? Everyone associated with McGahee, including the Bills, is fairly confident of course. Mike Doser turned to Dr. Robert Bronstein M.D., an associate professor of orthopaedics and surgeon at the University of Rochester Medical Center, for an independent assessment.
Mike Doser: Could you explain the seriousness of Willis McGahee’s knee injury?
Dr. Bronstein: Essentially it’s a knee dislocation when you have three of the ligaments involved. We always used to say that that kind of injury was going to be career-ending and now we say it’s career-threatening. It is not necessarily career-ending, and people can get back from it. Each injury is a little different in terms of the way they tear – an ACL is pretty much an ACL, but when you get three of the four or four of the four (ligaments), some tears also affect the nerve and there are vascular problems, maybe the artery is torn. So they’re pretty significant injuries and not everyone is going to come back from one.
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Diagnosis sounds pretty good coming from a doctor! Buffalo Bills baby!
EDIT: Look, while I am all for sharing information like this to the members of the board, I really can not afford to have a lawsuit on my hands. I'm sorry... - Andrew Tatum
http://bills.theinsiders.com/2/108430.html
Can McGahee do it?
By Mike Doser
Date: Apr 30, 2003
What is the likelihood that Bills first-round draft pick Willis McGahee will come back after tearing three left knee ligaments during the January Fiesta Bowl? Everyone associated with McGahee, including the Bills, is fairly confident of course. Mike Doser turned to Dr. Robert Bronstein M.D., an associate professor of orthopaedics and surgeon at the University of Rochester Medical Center, for an independent assessment.
Mike Doser: Could you explain the seriousness of Willis McGahee’s knee injury?
Dr. Bronstein: Essentially it’s a knee dislocation when you have three of the ligaments involved. We always used to say that that kind of injury was going to be career-ending and now we say it’s career-threatening. It is not necessarily career-ending, and people can get back from it. Each injury is a little different in terms of the way they tear – an ACL is pretty much an ACL, but when you get three of the four or four of the four (ligaments), some tears also affect the nerve and there are vascular problems, maybe the artery is torn. So they’re pretty significant injuries and not everyone is going to come back from one.
Article edited out, read below to find out why
Diagnosis sounds pretty good coming from a doctor! Buffalo Bills baby!
EDIT: Look, while I am all for sharing information like this to the members of the board, I really can not afford to have a lawsuit on my hands. I'm sorry... - Andrew Tatum