Jefferson had Surgery?

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>From Celtics.com

http://aol.nba.com/celtics/news/press080306-jefferson-surgery.html

Jefferson Has Successful Ankle Surgery





BOSTON – The Boston Celtics announced today that forward Al Jefferson had
successful minor arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle at New England
Baptist Hospital. The surgery was performed by Team Physician Dr. Brian
McKeon and assisted by Dr. Mark Slovenkai. 

Jefferson is expected to begin rehabilitation immediately under the medical
staff’s supervision and is expected to return by the start of Training Camp.


Jefferson averaged 7.9 points and 5.1 rebounds in 18.0 minutes per game this
past season. He scored in double figures 21 times and grabbed 10 or more
rebounds six times. The 6’ 10” forward scored a career-high 21 points and
grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds at Dallas on December 10, 2005. 

>From Shira's Blog in the Globe 

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/extras/celtics_blog/

August 03, 2006

Surgery for Big Al

By Shira Springer, Globe Staff

Al Jefferson underwent minor arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle
yesterday due to discomfort caused by a tendon. The procedure was more
exploratory than anything else. Team physician Dr. Brian McKeon performed
the operation assisted by Dr. Mark Slovenkai at New England Baptist Hospital
 Jefferson will begin rehabilitation immediately and the Celtics medical
staff expects the power forward ready to compete in training camp at the
start of October. 



The surgery, however, represents a setback for Jefferson as he prepares for
his third NBA season. Following a disappointing sophomore campaign curtailed
by two ankle sprains (one right, one left), Jefferson hoped to be in the
best shape of his career by the start of training camp. Since the end of the
season, he had lost a significant amount of weight in an effort to be in the
best condition possible for playing an uptempo style. To vary his strength
and conditioning routine and gain some valuable playing time, Jefferson
participated in the Las Vegas summer league even though his right ankle was
not fully healed and he suffered some pain from a lingering bone bruise in
the joint. Jefferson sprained his right ankle Feb. 3 against the Clippers. 



It has been a busy time for McKeon, who performed left knee surgery on Wally
Szczerbiak in April, then operated on Kendrick Perkins (left shoulder)
before attending to Jefferson. McKeon is scheduled to perform surgery on
Paul Pierce (left elbow) on Aug. 9. If all goes well throughout each players
 rehabilitation program, they should be ready to go for preseason.
Szczerbiak and Perkins are reportedly on schedule. 

 

 

-------Original Message-------

 

From: Bos3332 at woh.rr.com

Date: 08/03/06 11:36:42

To: celtics at igtc.com

Subject: Jefferson had Surgery?

 

I saw on Rotoworld that Al Jefferson had surgey on his ankle today,

but have not seen any articles about it in the Globe or Herald. Is

this true?

 

Tony

 

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