Can striker Nguyen Xuan Son recover 100% of his form? When will he be able to compete again?
Báo Tuổi Trẻ•07/01/2025
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 the 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 life and work, here the athlete is competing at the top level so the expectations are much higher. Technically, this is not a complicated surgery, but it is important to calculate the overall problem, such as exercise, nutrition, post-surgery recovery of muscle strength, movement, competition... In terms of physical condition, Son has a body that is prone to weight gain, he once gained 105kg and it also affected his performance in competition. This is not a simple matter, so a successful surgery is only 1/10 of the way. Calculating the stage when the bone has not healed, how to exercise, what nutrition, how to control calorie needs, how to recover enough but not cause overweight. In the 2-week post-surgery period, when the bone has healed, the player can exercise more but cannot be too much because the patient cannot move much... With these requirements, how to make the recovery period really good is even more "headache" than the surgery period. Therefore, in addition to the surgical team, we have dedicated a newly graduated master in the UK in sports medicine and nutrition to calculate in detail.
Prof. Dr. Tran Trung Dung (2nd from right) answers the press - Photo: TRAN MINH
Tuoi Tre: How do you assess Son's chances of recovering his form? - If we look at this case optimistically, there is a chance of recovering his form. Athletes with previous injuries were mainly 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 movement, if the bone heals well, he can return to compete well. Son will first stay at our center for 4 weeks, after which the club and doctors will make further calculations. Regarding time, for injuries like Son's, the time for bone healing is usually 2-3 months, followed by a period of training, muscle strength 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: During the match, monitoring showed that Xuan Son did not collide with anyone but the injury was very serious. Why do you think that was? - When Xuan Son came to our hospital, we also made 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 the flag and the colors... also lead to weakened bone quality. Even normal people have marathon runners who are about to finish and fall and break their bones, for the same reason. Tuoi Tre: Can you share the reason why your center was chosen to treat Son? - We are a bit proud of this. The VFF wants to do the best for the player, and so does the club. At first, as I said, I wanted to choose Japan or Korea, but then the experts and family decided to choose to return home and have surgery and recovery at our center. Right after Son was injured, we consulted until 1am on January 6 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. When people on the road knew that the car was carrying Son, they were also very concerned, we had to have someone stand up and speak loudly asking for people's support to get Son back in time for surgery... Thanh Nien: Regarding the time of surgery after the injury, Son was injured on the evening of January 5 but had surgery on the evening of the 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 for 1-2 weeks after injury, so the recovery effect cannot be as good, because the blood supply is not good, the software is poor, the nutrition is also poor. With Son, the club shared that it will take 8-9 months for Son to recover his form, which is also the time when there are many big tournaments for both the club and the national team. We are also very hopeful.
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