Thread: Latest on Tom Brady

I don't know where Jim Rome is getting his information, but on his radio program this morning, he said that Brady now could be out the entire 2009 season.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3658987

Brady has more procedures for infection; Pats upset with situation

Doctors are aggressively fighting an infection in Tom Brady's surgically repaired left knee.

Brady recently acknowledged on his Web site that doctors went in "to clean and to test the wound" on Oct. 15 because of the infection. The New England Patriots quarterback has had two more similar procedures since then.

The story was first reported by the Boston Herald and confirmed by ESPN's Wendi Nix.

The Patriots, as an organization, are upset with the situation because they were clear that they wanted Brady's surgery done under the direction of doctors of their choosing in Boston, sources told ESPN.

Instead, Brady opted to have the surgery in California by a doctor his family preferred, and now there are major problems. Brady was supposed to be back in New England by now, but a timeline for his return remains unclear.

A person close to Brady told ESPN: "Tom is looking at months, not weeks, to fix this."

Appearing on Mike and Mike in the Morning, Dr. Rob Gotlin explains that if the infection in Tom Brady's knee doesn't clear out, even a repeat surgery will be doomed to fail.

NFL analyst Mark Schlereth says that players are never the same after surgery and mentally adjusting to that is the biggest challenge of any career. Listen

According to the Herald, Brady is on a six-week course of intravenously administered antibiotics, and is still having follow-up exams at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, where the surgery took place.

If the infection is not brought under control, the patellar tendon graft used to replace Brady's anterior cruciate ligament could become compromised, according to the Herald's report. If that happens, he will have to undergo another surgery on the ACL. That would reset the clock on his rehabilitation.

Brady had surgery on Oct. 6 -- 29 days after he was injured in the Patriots' season opener -- on a hit by Kansas City Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard. Brady reportedly tore the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in the knee.

Bill boy should have been advised against having one of his sweaty sweatshirts in the op. room for luck.

Come on, you are Tom Brady why the hell would you go to a family Dr? The organization would have paid for the best Dr's in the country. WTF was he thinking?

The lawyers are all salivating.

Pats sue Brady.

Brady sues Doc.

Doc sues Pats for defamation.

Brady sues Pats over contract/injury payment.

Cswil sues Nut for alimony.

Originally Posted by LRtagger

Come on, you are Tom Brady why the hell would you go to a family Dr? The organization would have paid for the best Dr's in the country. WTF was he thinking?

The doctor who performed surgery on Brady is not a family doctor. That's just the media spewing nonsense once again without any facts. Brady wanted to have surgery out west to be with his family.

Now, let me try to remember the doctor who performed Tom's surgery and a little about his background. Hmmmm, still thinking, still thinking.

Oh yeah, now I remember:

The guy is Dr. Neal S. ElAttrache of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles. He is a well-known orthopedist specializing in sports medicine, shoulders, elbows, and knees.

ElAttrache is the director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship program at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic, a prestigious program. The 48-year-old is a former physician for the Los Angeles Rams and currently consults for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, St. Louis Rams, the Dodgers, Lakers, and Kings, and the PGA Tour.

If I remember anything else about him I will let you know.

Originally Posted by WTE

The doctor who performed surgery on Brady is not a family doctor. That's just the media spewing nonsense once again without any facts. Brady wanted to have surgery out west to be with his family.

Now, let me try to remember the doctor who performed Tom's surgery and a little about his background. Hmmmm, still thinking, still thinking.

Oh yeah, now I remember:

The guy is Dr. Neal S. ElAttrache of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles. He is a well-known orthopedist specializing in sports medicine, shoulders, elbows, and knees.

ElAttrache is the director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship program at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic, a prestigious program. The 48-year-old is a former physician for the Los Angeles Rams and currently consults for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, St. Louis Rams, the Dodgers, Lakers, and Kings, and the PGA Tour.

If I remember anything else about him I will let you know.

Whoever he is he screwed the pooch on this one!

Originally Posted by WTE

The doctor who performed surgery on Brady is not a family doctor. That's just the media spewing nonsense once again without any facts. Brady wanted to have surgery out west to be with his family.

Now, let me try to remember the doctor who performed Tom's surgery and a little about his background. Hmmmm, still thinking, still thinking.

Oh yeah, now I remember:

The guy is Dr. Neal S. ElAttrache of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles. He is a well-known orthopedist specializing in sports medicine, shoulders, elbows, and knees.

ElAttrache is the director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship program at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic, a prestigious program. The 48-year-old is a former physician for the Los Angeles Rams and currently consults for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, St. Louis Rams, the Dodgers, Lakers, and Kings, and the PGA Tour.

If I remember anything else about him I will let you know.

Good info, I have to admit I made assumptions based solely on the ESPN article posted and have not kept any tabs on the situation at all because...well....I dont really care.

However, I will say that I do think the organization has a valid reason to be upset about the present complications.

I have a friend that back in July had orthroscopic knee surgery. Not an ACL repair, I think it was something to do with the Patella, but I don't remember. Anyway, he wound up with a staff infection, and a week or so after the surgery, his knee had balooned.

He went to see the surgeon, who injected some fluid and then drew it out (to grow a culture), and it turned out to be MRSA. As soon as they confirmed the infection, they operated again, this time not orthroscopically, but opened up the knee (scar from four or five inches above, to the same below the knee).

The surgeon had said, as I heard quoted in regards to Brady, that you 'almost' never see a staff infection with an orthroscopic procedure.

Anyway, that was mid July. He wound up having FIVE more surgeries, where they opened up the knee and scraped out bowls full of puss/infection. He spent about three weeks in the hospital, then for 6 or 8 weeks, had to go to the hospital every morning and every evening to get a 2 hour IV antibiotic drip, and now is on strong oral anti-biotics for another couple months.

The doctor, infectious specialist assigned to his case, in the beginning told him, "don't worry, this will not kill you, but there is a chance that if we don't get it under control, we could have to amputate your leg."

His was NOT the most resistant type of staff.

It sounds like this, in general terms, is what Brady is dealing with, and the added problem is that the infection could compromise the graph, and I bet they wouldn't go back in until the infection is completely gone, which could be months.

Hopefully, it goes better than the worse case. I know it isn't popular to say, but I like Brady and the Pats.

Originally Posted by Tned

I have a friend that back in July had orthroscopic knee surgery. Not an ACL repair, I think it was something to do with the Patella, but I don't remember. Anyway, he wound up with a staff infection, and a week or so after the surgery, his knee had balooned.

He went to see the surgeon, who injected some fluid and then drew it out (to grow a culture), and it turned out to be MRSA. As soon as they confirmed the infection, they operated again, this time not orthroscopically, but opened up the knee (scar from four or five inches above, to the same below the knee).

The surgeon had said, as I heard quoted in regards to Brady, that you 'almost' never see a staff infection with an orthroscopic procedure.

Anyway, that was mid July. He wound up having FIVE more surgeries, where they opened up the knee and scraped out bowls full of puss/infection. He spent about three weeks in the hospital, then for 6 or 8 weeks, had to go to the hospital every morning and every evening to get a 2 hour IV antibiotic drip, and now is on strong oral anti-biotics for another couple months.

The doctor, infectious specialist assigned to his case, in the beginning told him, "don't worry, this will not kill you, but there is a chance that if we don't get it under control, we could have to amputate your leg."

His was NOT the most resistant type of staff.

It sounds like this, in general terms, is what Brady is dealing with, and the added problem is that the infection could compromise the graph, and I bet they wouldn't go back in until the infection is completely gone, which could be months.
Hopefully, it goes better than the worse case. I know it isn't popular to say, but I like Brady and the Pats.

This is what I heard on the radio here. If the other graph is compromised, they will have to wait for the infection to completely clear before trying to replace it and then do the rehab from there.

They gave an example of a Lacrosse player (can't remember the name) who had virtually the same thing happen and it was a 2 year process. . ..i.e. he could miss the '09 and '10 seasons at which point could he really come back? Of course, that's assuming that the graph is compromised.

Staff is common with orthopedic arthroscopic surgery as it is with nearly all surgeries these days.

Most certainly, his graft if toast. Which means they take it down, clean it out and he does IV anti biotics for at least 6 weeks and then they start over.

Bad luck.

Originally Posted by Tned

Hopefully, it goes better than the worse case. I know it isn't popular to say, but I like Brady and the Pats.

I don't like Brady or the Pats, but I think if you're a fan of sports in general you have to respect what he's accomplished and would never want to see his career end prematurely to an injury.

Peyton Manning had a post op infection. But he didnt have an ACL.

Originally Posted by Buff

I don't like Brady or the Pats, but I think if you're a fan of sports in general you have to respect what he's accomplished and would never want to see his career end prematurely to an injury.

Actually, said better, I am not a fan of Brady or the Pats, but I do respect what the team and he has done. I'm not truly a fan, since I don't go out of my way to watch any of their games or follow them.

I think his Doctor is Jets fan.