Fati_Future_BallonDor
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FFS, hope its not serious, he is the best thing that happened to the club in the past 5 years.
FFS, hope its not serious, he is the best thing that happened to the club in the past 5 years.
Cugat & Barca never actually explained the details of the player's surgery back in November although more than likely Cugat preserved as much of the meniscus as possible through repair. Meniscus repair is a tricky bit of work and regenerative therapies are still an evolving science to aide in restoring a stable knee joint
If he can't really put any weight on it for physical activity after 3 months, I'd guess he is going to be back in surgery and we should not expect him back before the end of the season
Kimmich had the same injury and he was back fully up and running at the beginning of January. Does that mean a different procedure was done to his knee vs. Ansu's?
Kimmich had the same injury and he was back fully up and running at the beginning of January. Does that mean a different procedure was done to his knee vs. Ansu's?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBYFT6gpow4
At 1:00 he talks about why he thinks Kimmich had a partial meniscectomy ("faster" method). The other method he is talking about is meniscus repair which takes about 4 months (I think what they did with Ansu's knee).
edit: Here are two videos about Fati from the same guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXlrfO9hFDw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNLDlcIG8cM
Number one, a meniscus injury is never identical to another. Number two, Kimmich had a lateral meniscus tear while Ansu's was on the medial meniscus - two very different tears and recoveries. Number three, recovery is never the same from one patient to the next even when similar situations/injuries. But yes, procedures can differ - repair is more or less done similarly but the 'regeneration' or scaffold rebuilding of the full meniscus can be done in a variety of ways.
Give this kid as much rest as needed, we aren't winning the UCL with him or without him, don't rush him back
Ansu Fati's recovery after being operated on his internal meniscus on November 8th has suffered its first major setback. He increased the workload a week ago, but his knee didn't respond as well. He's expected to be back in April, but Barca don't want to put any dates. [sport]
I hope we won't witness another Umtiti case.