Post by joshsbix on Oct 1, 2023 16:00:39 GMT -5
As the Astro's took the field against the Reds, their minds were on SP Francisco Cordova who underwent surgery for his torn tricep muscle at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in NY.
"Biceps tear much more frequently, than other tendons.” said Jonathan Glashow, an orthopedic surgeon and the co-chairman of sports medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center. “This is a flat, broad tendon — the force is spread over a bigger area. You don’t do abrupt things with your elbow unless you’re pushing someone or you fall on it. “Of the ones that were repaired, they generally missed a whole season to come back, but most were able to come back and play,” Glashow said. “It’s not necessarily a career-ending injury, though.”
To understand the procedure better we talked the head of orthopedic surgery in Miami. He gave us a very detailed description of what Francisco's surgery was like.
According to Gautam Yagnik, the chief of orthopedic surgery at West Kendall Baptist Hospital in Miami-Dade County, Fla., and a specialist in sports medicine, an incision is made in the back of the arm. Holes are usually drilled in the bone at the end of the elbow and, after the end of the torn tendon is identified, sutures are sewed through it. Then doctors sew the torn tendon back down to the bone. There are no fancy screws, and very rarely is a cadaver tendon needed when surgery is performed soon after the injury.
Cordova is out for the year but there is a lot of hope that he will be fine for next year as the team is likely to lose a couple of arms during the off season. Along with the success rate of repairs, Glashow has one other bit of encouragement to offer.
“It’s a lot better to have this,” he said, “than A.C.L.’s.”
"Biceps tear much more frequently, than other tendons.” said Jonathan Glashow, an orthopedic surgeon and the co-chairman of sports medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center. “This is a flat, broad tendon — the force is spread over a bigger area. You don’t do abrupt things with your elbow unless you’re pushing someone or you fall on it. “Of the ones that were repaired, they generally missed a whole season to come back, but most were able to come back and play,” Glashow said. “It’s not necessarily a career-ending injury, though.”
To understand the procedure better we talked the head of orthopedic surgery in Miami. He gave us a very detailed description of what Francisco's surgery was like.
According to Gautam Yagnik, the chief of orthopedic surgery at West Kendall Baptist Hospital in Miami-Dade County, Fla., and a specialist in sports medicine, an incision is made in the back of the arm. Holes are usually drilled in the bone at the end of the elbow and, after the end of the torn tendon is identified, sutures are sewed through it. Then doctors sew the torn tendon back down to the bone. There are no fancy screws, and very rarely is a cadaver tendon needed when surgery is performed soon after the injury.
Cordova is out for the year but there is a lot of hope that he will be fine for next year as the team is likely to lose a couple of arms during the off season. Along with the success rate of repairs, Glashow has one other bit of encouragement to offer.
“It’s a lot better to have this,” he said, “than A.C.L.’s.”
