Pray Hard for Connor Bedard™Our top 9 forwards are looking sweeter by the minute.
Batsh** bad for Bedard should be our motto.
Disc replacement for a Teenager? That kind of surgery should be a last resort.
Lots of folks on Twitter complaining now that it wasn't done earlier. What a weird world.
Should also be last resort for a 22 year old like Farabee.
If you want to know more about it just look at stories about Eichel’s surgery and return. Eichel is only a few years older.With zero medical knowledge; this does not seem like something someone so young should be going through, and that it will not allow him to play at the same level after recovery.
I thought he had discs fused.If you want to know more about it just look at stories about Eichel’s surgery and return. Eichel is only a few years older.
The reaction to this news on twitter was appalling. Instead of feeling bad for a 22 year old who just had major surgery that is not common in the NHL, it’s just fans whining about how Farabee maybe missing the first month of the season affects them.
I thought he had discs fused.
Yeah people are shit.
Yeah, in the disappointment of the news it's easy to lose sight of the fact that it's a tough injury for such a young kid. All the best to him.Disc injuries\issues are no joke. I hope this works well for him
I thought he had discs fused.
Yeah people are shit.
Thanks for clarifyingBuffalo tried for force him to get disc fusion, but Eichel refused.
With zero medical knowledge; this does not seem like something someone so young should be going through, and that it will not allow him to play at the same level after recovery.
Agreed, and video games cause violenceI think cervical disc issues are becoming more common. The strain we put on our necks from just looking down at our phones is just a lot...and joel is kinda in that first generation thats been doing stuff like that his whole life.
I'd have to go back and listen, but Marek and Friedman had an interesting interview with a doctor who was a proponent of Eichel getting the disc replacement on 31 thoughts last summer. IIRC, he said that the risk of future surgery was actually significantly lower for replacement than fusion. I believe the sentiment was that if you have one fusion, you are virtually guaranteed to have additional fusions at regular intervals for the rest of your life, whereas there is a good chance a replacement is one and done. Would have been July/August last year for that pod IIRC.Don’t be shocked if it’s fusion down the line in his life
Or so I was told anyway.
Let’s hope it works out that way.I'd have to go back and listen, but Marek and Friedman had an interesting interview with a doctor who was a proponent of Eichel getting the disc replacement on 31 thoughts last summer. IIRC, he said that the risk of future surgery was actually significantly lower for replacement than fusion. I believe the sentiment was that if you have one fusion, you are virtually guaranteed to have additional fusions at regular intervals for the rest of your life, whereas there is a good chance a replacement is one and done. Would have been July/August last year for that pod IIRC.
Edit: It's July 31, 2021 Pod. I can't seem to link to the sportsnet page for it. Here's one of the articles in the shownotes though: Comparison of cervical disc arthroplasty and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for the treatment of cervical disc degenerative diseases on the basis of more than 60 months of follow-up: a systematic review and meta-analysis - BMC Neurology
Very technical, but findings are generally (unless I'm misreading it completely): better range of motion, less incidence of re-operation, and less risk of adjacent segment disease in individuals receiving replacement vs. fusion surgery.