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Message: [QUOTE="Cuseregular, post: 367703, member: 185"] its so hard to know with certainty, but I'll try and respond. If you don't mind me boring you with some anatomy, there two major arteries that feed the hip joint (medial and lateral femoral circumflex) and some minor ones (such as artery in the ligament of the head of the femur, a branch from the superior gluteal). It was determined with Bo Jacksons injury in and post surgical that he damaged almost all of them which lead to his catastrophic injury situation. We can hope with Rons that it only involved the minor one(s) or if the major ones that it was minimal and that it followed the minimal damage and maximal healing scenario I outlined elsewhere in this thread. Regardless of which one(s) the hope is the time without supply was minimal because this is what causes the long term damage. Theres cases with just the "minor" one(s) involved that caused severe cases of AVN (avascular necrosis of the hip, which is what his coach seemed to infer he's dealing with. Theres so many factors like if the persons on certain drugs and/or what their unique structural arterial anatomy is (believe it or not there can be differnces person to person and even within the same person diferrent from their one side vs. the other side, so it makes certainty difficult in terms of diagnosis). The surgical procedures they do now if they caught it quick can minimize damage by boring holes into the bone to recreate blood supply and he might be ok. Trying to put it all together now with what's been reported in the DO by the coach (artery damage) and with Rons friend is reporting here (he's good to go for 2013 as told by Drs.), then the minimal damage scenario is what we and he obviously hope for. My overriding concern is that at this point it's hard to really know the full extent the situation based on the timeline that blood loss orthopedic related injuries go by and seem to follow. I'll hope for the optomistic reports given here. [/QUOTE]

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