Neymar He underwent surgery on Thursday “successfully”, according to doctors, in Belo Horizonte for tearing the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left playing knee. Brazil against Uruguay.
“We are very pleased with the results. It was a success. Now he must stay in the hospital for 24 or 48 hours depending on his evolution,” said Brazil team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar, who operated on the international ‘Canarinho’ and is now a player of Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia. Lasmar The recovery time is not specified, but it may be 8 months.
The doctor Lasmar He said: “The next step is rehabilitation with physiotherapy” and, regarding his recovery process and the time required for his return to the fields, he limited himself by saying that he intends to “gradually reveal the new information.”
The operation of the former player Barcelona and PSG It lasted four hours, until the end of this Thursday morning, and, despite that fact Lasmar He did not give any details, specialists consider that his recovery may require about 8 months, which threatens his participation in the 2024 Copa América.
The operation of the 31-year-old footballer was carried out by a team led by Lasmar, the head of medical services of the Brazilian team, at the Mater Dei Hospital in Belo Horizonte, and was attended by the medical director of Al Hilalthe Colombian Juan David Pena Duque.
Neymar He underwent “a surgical procedure to correct his injuries to his left knee; his anterior cruciate ligament was reconstructed and the injuries to both menisci were repaired,” explained the specialist.
The star of the Brazilian team entered the hospital on Wednesday night and on Thursday morning he published a photo on his social networks in which he appears to be sleeping with his two children, Davi Lucca10 years old, and the newborn Mavie, and where he says he trusts “everything will be fine.”
Neymar He underwent surgery two weeks after the accidental injury he sustained shortly before the end of the first half of the Oct. 17 match in which Brazil lost 1-0 in its visit to Uruguay, on day four of the South American World Cup Cup qualifiers.
The Brazilian, who did not hold back his tears because of the injury, had to be taken off the field on a stretcher and left the stadium with the help of crutches.
Although the leaders of Al Hilal They asked him to travel to Paris to undergo surgery in the French capital, Neymar preferred to return to Brazil and convinced them to perform the operation by Lasmara doctor you trust.
The Brazilian team doctor has operated on him on two other occasions, the first in 2018 to treat a fracture in his left foot and the last in February of this year to treat a ligament injury in his right ankle.
If he is confirmed to be out for eight months, it would be the longest period of inactivity for the 31-year-old footballer, more than the six months he has been out of the field this year, between February and August , after undergoing surgery. ankle.
Neymar was announced as the main booster of Al Hilal in August and so far he has only played five games for the Saudi club, scoring one goal.
A torn anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus join a string of injuries he has suffered since 2020 and keep him out of the field for at least 400 days.
Source: La Verdad
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