Sports doctor Nikita Karlitsky told that the hockey player’s injury Gleb Kuzmin can threaten his life.
FONBET KHL Championship meeting between “Salavat Yulaev” And “Avant-garde” took place on Tuesday in Ufa and ended in a 4:2 victory for the hosts. In the second half, Kuzmin hit his head on the boards after a collision with Avangard defender Darren Dietz and was taken off the field on a stretcher.
As later learned, Kuzmin was taken by ambulance to one of the hospitals in Ufa. On Wednesday, Salavat Yulaev General Director Rinat Bashirov did not confirm that Kuzmin had fractured his spine.
— What can you say about the nature of Kuzmin’s injury?
— There are several options. The most unpleasant is a fracture of the cervical spine; it is life-threatening, and not only for sports. Given the way Kuzmin was wriggling, perhaps the nervous tissue was also damaged. There may be a fracture, contusion or contusion of the spinal cord.
He could have fractured his thoracic spine. The collision mechanism is very bad and Kuzmin himself looked bad after the fall. If he was not immediately paralyzed, it means that the spinal cord was not completely damaged.
— Is there a risk of paralysis?
– Since Gleb moved his hands after the collision, the probability of this happening is minimal. When the spinal cord is damaged, the whole body is usually paralyzed at once, or everything below the injured section. Only 1-2% of people with a spinal fracture are paralyzed. The mechanism of injury is very bad, it is called the “diver’s injury”, because Kuzmin did not remove his head. After such injuries, people are paralyzed from head to toe. There are many variations of the injury, it all depends on every centimeter of the affected part of the spine.
— How long does it take to return to work after a compression fracture?
– If it is a simple fracture with compression up to 30%, then the athlete can return to action in a month. This is the best case. If the cervical spine and surgery will take time. There are operations after which you can no longer play sports at all, so it is difficult to say. If they choose a static mechanism, he will not be able to turn his neck completely. I do not know if it is possible to train in this case. If Kuzmin put his head directly to the side, it could be life-threatening; if he moved his head slightly, this is a different case, “Karlitsky told .
Kuzmin, 27, has scored one goal and provided one assist in five games this season.
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