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Wisc RB Cory Clement going to Germany to treat hernia

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I have a few friends who play pro soccer and they have all went there to get treated. Germany has something going on here.
 
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There is a doctor there that is considered the best at treating sports hernias. She has figured out a way to do the surgery in a "minimally invasive" way. Just a local pain killer and you can walk out the next day and start mild workouts two or three days after surgery.
 
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UW has declined to confirm the location of Clement’s procedure and treatment, although the school did explain to the Journal Sentinel that, generally speaking, NCAA bylaws would allow for this course of treatment and that no money would come out of the pocket of the student-athlete or his family.

The NCAA Division I Manual states the following from bylaw 16.4: ‘An institution, conference or the NCAA may provide medical and related expenses and services to a student-athlete.’

“That bylaw obviously leaves each individual institution the latitude to handle these types of expenses in a manner that best fits the institution’s means and philosophies.

“In our case, we operate as follows. For any student-athlete who sustains an athletics-related injury, our medical personnel (team doctors and athletic trainers) decide the best course of action for treating said injury.


http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...ed-to-germany-for-treatment-of-sports-hernia/


rutger80 said:
Wonder who is paying for it...
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Can someone who has scout paraphrase this? At least give Drs name and website?
 
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nacorwin said:
There is a doctor there that is considered the best at treating sports hernias. She has figured out a way to do the surgery in a "minimally invasive" way. Just a local pain killer and you can walk out the next day and start mild workouts two or three days after surgery.
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This cannot be. Germany has, *gulp*, a national health system!
 
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Some surgeons & hospitals in Germany have become amazingly proficient with surgical robotics - they can perform highly complex procedure through very minimal access sites.
There is also the possibility that the German surgeon has access to certain bio-materials & equipment that has not yet made it through the US FDA approval process.
 
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GoodOl'Rutgers said:
This cannot be. Germany has, *gulp*, a national health system!
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I'd bet this practice is not part of their national health care system. The following quote makes me think this is a private cash only procedure:
Ulrike Muschawek is the chief surgeon and founder of the Hernia Center in Munich, the largest European facility that specializes in hernias of the abdominal wall and groin area.
 
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RUMBA-JK said:
Some surgeons & hospitals in Germany have become amazingly proficient with surgical robotics - they can perform highly complex procedure through very minimal access sites.
There is also the possibility that the German surgeon has access to certain bio-materials & equipment that has not yet made it through the US FDA approval process.
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Germany really isn't doing anything with robotics that isn't also being done here in the US. There are no special biomaterials and equipment required to repair a sports hernia.

This German surgeon has done a great job of marketing a "minimal repair technique" which many of the top hernia surgeons in this country could also perform quite easily. Inguinal hernia repair is not a very complicated procedure.
 
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mktman said:
Germany really isn't doing anything with robotics that isn't also being done here in the US. There are no special biomaterials and equipment required to repair a sports hernia.

This German surgeon has done a great job of marketing a "minimal repair technique" which many of the top hernia surgeons in this country could also perform quite easily. Inguinal hernia repair is not a very complicated procedure.
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While what you are saying is true there is a good amount of debate about the best way to treat sports henias. I know a pretty prominent HS athlete who has been struggling with this for two years now despite seeing at least 6 surgeons. One guy had convinced his mother the best course of care was to cut his adductors.
 
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Caliknight said:
Is this really a question?
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Yes, it is a question.
Seems like it's an extra benefit, to take an athlete to another country for a medical procedure, in season.
It may have happened, but I can't recall another example, at least one that was publicized.
 
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