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Evgeni Malkin and Zach Aston-Reese have gone under the knife this offseason and now so has Sidney Crosby. The Penguins Captain underwent a surgery on his wrist.
Crosby had arthroscopic wrist debridement surgery on Monday, August 31. The surgery was performed by Dr. Robert Hotchkiss of Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, in collaboration with team physician Dr. Dharmesh Vyas and UPMC hand and upper extremity surgery.
Recovery time is expected to be three-to-four weeks.
What is arthroscopic wrist debridement surgery? After googling it this was the first result.
According to
Mercy Health it is the following:
Arthroscopic debridement is a procedure that lets doctors see inside your wrist and hand joints through small incisions. The doctor uses a camera to navigate through the joint. They remove debris and irritants in the joints to reduce pain and inflammation. Arthroscopic debridement is common for knees and shoulders. The wrist is the third most common joint to have this procedure.
With arthroscopy, the doctor only has to make a small incision over the joint. That means the recovery time is shorter than with an open surgery. Arthroscopic debridement doesn't affect your soft tissues as much. You may have less pain, swelling and stiffness in your hands and wrists as you recover.
All in all a minor surgery in the grand scheme of things. The Penguins won’t be playing for quite some time so the 3-4 week recovery time is inconsequential as far as playing NHL games goes.
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