Fitz ankle

[Digging dog]

Any medical knowledge on the board that can share what was the surgery on Fitz ankle, was it dislocated, torn ligaments, etc. also what is the turnaround time? Just wondering if anybody knew any more that what is already reported.

 

[mcdawg22]

No ligament damage. Lends itself to a clean break. So probably just screws to set. His dad came out and said 6-8 weeks.

 

[knot2brite]

I've never seen an ankle dislocated like that without a fracture to the tibia and fibula. Generally he would get a plate and screws in his fibula and probably a screw in his tibia as well. Sometimes there are two fractures to the tibia. There can be ligament damage as well, but not necessarily. Google trimalleolar fracture for a pic of the hardware. I wouldn't expect it to be an issue going forward

 

[Joe Schmedlap]

I would have to think he suffered a tib-fib fracture, yet it has been reported as “no break”, just a dislocation. I cannot imagine that could happen without a break. The most critical thing in my opinion is whether he suffered tendon and ligament damage. Breaks will heal. Hardware is removed within 2 months. Those things don’t lead to ankle instability, only stiffness.

 

[Digging dog]

Thanks for the info. Only other ankle I remember that was close was Elgin Baileys.

 

[Palos verdes]

We aren't gonna have the same running threat at the qb position next year. RB's will have to step up.

 

[dawgoneyall]

Any medical knowledge on the board that can share what was the surgery on Fitz ankle, was it dislocated, torn ligaments, etc. also what is the turnaround time? Just wondering if anybody knew any more that what is already reported.

Had similar injury.

It will never be the same. How good will the recovery be... I don't know....but it will never be the same.

That is why I wouldn't piss on matt luke if he was on fire (he has metcalf to do that anyway) He didn't/doesn't care about the long term effect of his directive.

But he is ole miss......

 

[BulldogBlitz]

No ligament damage. Lends itself to a clean break. So probably just screws to set. His dad came out and said 6-8 weeks.

That would be irony. He'll spend the rest of his life getting stopped by tsun alums at the airport passing through the detectors

 

[Hatchie Dawg]

From the pics the injury looks like an eversion injury/lateral dislocation. If there was no fracture it is a rare injury but is described in the literature. I would expect near complete rupture of the large deltoid ligaments on the medial or inside part of the ankle. I would also expect syndesmosis injury. I've worked in ortho rehab for about 25 yrs and remember only one of these, from an MVA I believe. I wish I had more experience with prognosis but I don't.

Best guess just looking at the pics.

 

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I had plate and seven screws and three pins in my ankle after three breaks in my ankle. Didn’t have any problem at airport metal detectors. Kept a picture of my X-rays in my briefcase just in case.

 

[RightOfCenter]

Will he make it back for spring or will he sit until the fall?

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Last week they said he would be ready for spring.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

I doubt you had the rehab he'll be going through.

 

[RightOfCenter]

Ok. I was curious because I caught some of head to head yesterday and it was mentioned that the spring reps for the "1's" would go to KT since Fitz would be out. It did not sound right but it got me to thinking.