The team of doctors from the Sports Medicine Center had a short press conference this afternoon, January 7. According to Prof. Dr. Tran Trung Dung - director of the center, the successful surgery for Xuan Son is only 1/10 of the player's recovery process.
Prof. Dr. Tran Van Thuan, Deputy Minister of Health (white blouse) and the Ministry of Health delegation visited player Xuan Son this afternoon, January 7 - Photo: TRAN MINH
Mr. Dung said:
- In Xuan Son's case, we look at it from two aspects. Most people are concerned about Xuan Son's injury, his ability to recover... For me and my team, from a professional perspective, we have had the opportunity to treat Son. Son's club shared that at first they intended to choose Korea or Japan to treat the player's injury, but later, with the advice of experts, the club and VFF decided to choose our center.
Tuoi Tre: With Xuan Son's case, what will you do to help the player recover?
- For normal patients, recovery means reintegration into daily life and work. In this case, it is an athlete competing at the highest level, so the expectations are much higher. Technically, this is not a sophisticated or complicated surgery, but it is important to calculate the overall problem, such as exercise, nutrition, and recovery of muscle strength, exercise, and competition after surgery...
In terms of physical condition, Son is prone to gaining weight, he once gained 105kg and it also affected his performance. This is not a simple matter, so a successful surgery is only 1/10 of the way. Calculating how to exercise when the bone has not healed, how to eat, how to control calorie needs, how to recover enough but not cause overweight. In the 2-week post-operative period, when the bone has healed, the player can exercise more but cannot overdo it because the patient cannot move much yet... With these requirements, the recovery period is even more "headache" than the surgery period.
So in addition to the surgical team, we have dedicated a newly graduated master in sports medicine and nutrition in the UK to do the calculations.
Prof. Dr. Tran Trung Dung (2nd from right) answers the press - Photo: TRAN MINH
Tuoi Tre: How do you rate Son's chances of recovering his form?
- If we look at this case optimistically, there is a chance to recover. Previously injured athletes mainly had joints and ligaments, and recovery from those injuries depends on the athlete's luck. Here, Son has a broken bone, the bone shaft plays a role in supporting the weight of walking, if the bone heals well, he can return to compete well. Son will first stay at our center for 4 weeks, after that the club and doctors will make further calculations.
In terms of time, for injuries like Son's, the bone healing time is usually 2-3 months, followed by a period of training, muscle recovery, joint reflexes... If as predicted, Son can return to competition after 8-9 months, sooner or later depends on the efforts of each athlete.
Tuoi Tre: In the match, monitoring shows that Xuan Son did not collide with anyone but was seriously injured. What do you think is the reason?
- When Xuan Son came to our hospital, we also gave some assessments and the club's leaders also shared this opinion. At the club and the national team, the competition schedule has been tight recently, the players play for 90 minutes/match or more, and they are the team's mainstay athletes.
In the final match, the heat of achievement, the spirit of patriotism... also leads to weakened bone quality. Even normal people, there are marathon runners who fall and break their bones near the finish line, for the same reason.
Tuoi Tre: Can you share the reason why your center was chosen to treat Son?
- We are a little proud of this. The VFF wants to do the best for the players, and so does the club. At first, as I said, we wanted to choose Japan or Korea, but then the experts and the family decided to return home and have surgery and recovery at our center.
Right after Son was injured, we had a consultation until 1am on January 6th and at 5am we decided to return home. When the decision was made, Vinmec immediately prepared the best things such as an ambulance, working with security to get the car to the foot of the plane's stairs. On the way, people who knew that the car was carrying Son were also very concerned, we had to have someone stand up and say loudly that we hoped people would support us so that Son could return home in time for surgery...
Thanh Nien: Regarding the time of surgery after injury, Son was injured on the evening of January 5 but had surgery on the evening of January 6. Is that good, sir?
- Surgery within 24 hours after injury is the golden time. For some people, for one reason or another, surgery must be delayed 1-2 weeks after injury, but the recovery effect cannot be as good, because the blood supply is not good, and the soft tissue is poor, so the nutrition is also poor.
With Son, the club shared that it would take 8-9 months for Son to recover his form, which is also when there are many big tournaments for both the club and the national team, we are also very hopeful.
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