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Medical expert: Leonard's injury is similar to Dinwiddie's is expected to be out for 9-12 months

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Medical expert: Leonard's injury is similar to Dinwiddie's is expected to be out for 9-12 months

Live Bar, July 14, today's Clippers officially announced that Kawhi Leonard suffered a partial tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and has successfully undergone repair surgery, and there is no return schedule.

American medical expert Rajpal Brar updated his personal tweet about Xiao Ka's injury: "The typical ACL surgery to repair a partial tear is a complete reconstruction, the same as the surgery for a rupture, it is expected to take 9 months to return to the stadium and it will take longer to return to the level before the injury. There is a surgical approach that can repair the ligaments and use an internal stent, but this may carry a significantly higher risk of re-injury, and I'm not sure Leonard and the Clippers will take such a risk, so I think the treatment is complete reconstruction. ”

Another medical expert, Evan Jeffries, also said: "Although Leonard had a partial tear for the anterior cruciate ligament, the recovery time after his surgery was similar to that of an ACL that required a complete reconstruction, unfortunately Leonard may be out for 9-12 months, I expect it will take 6 months before he is allowed to play on the pitch, after which it usually takes another 1-3 months to have a chance to return to the field." ”

Both experts cite the example of Dinwiddie, who suffered a partial anterior cruciate ligament tear in December and was only allowed to play basketball seven months after surgery, missing all the remaining games of the season.

(gege)

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