Docs vary on LB return
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- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 08:02:28 -0500
Docs vary on LB return
By Jessica Heslam
Friday, September 30, 2005 - Updated: 07:45 AM EST
The prognosis is mixed among Hub doctors on whether Patriots linebacker Tedy
Bruschi should return to the field.
Bruschi, 32, has said he plans to sit out this season after he suffered
a mild stroke last February and underwent a procedure to close a hole in his
heart the following month. Few details have been released about the type of
procedure the linebacker underwent and how severely the stroke affected him.
Dr. Viken Babikian, a neurologist at Boston Medical Center, said he
encourages stroke patients to exercise regularly, but playing in the
National Football League is another story.
``My own gut feeling is that is probably pushing it a little too far,''
Babikian said of the prospect of Bruschi ever playing in the NFL again.
If a surgical device called an Amplatzer PFO Occluder was used to plug
the hole in Bruschi's heart, playing football shouldn't be a risk to the
heart, said Dr. David Thaler, director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center at
Tufts-New England Medical Center.
``Bouncing around on a football field should not have an impact on
whether the device stays in place,'' Thaler said.
If Bruschi has no neurologic deficits, had the hole closed up with a
PFO and isn't on blood thinners, Thaler said he doesn't see a ``likely
medical risk'' if Bruschi plays football this season. Waiting a year to play
wouldn't make a difference, given those stipulations, Thaler said.
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