Sports doctor Vladimir Zotkin spoke about the injury in a conversation with Anna Shcherbakova and suggested when the skater could return to the ice.
On Tuesday, it became known that Beijing Olympic champion Shcherbakova will undergo surgery due to a long-standing knee injury. On August 17, the skater will fly to Germany, where the operation will take place.
— Why do Russian athletes prefer to be operated on by foreign specialists?
– There is a federation, there is a coach, they recommend the athlete to work with one or another specialist. I worked as a doctor in Spartak and Monaco, I dealt with different specialists. I can say that our surgeons do not perform worse and, in some cases, better operations than foreign operations. There are several doctors in Munich who specialize in knee joints. Representatives of Shcherbakova pay money, they have the right to make a decision. If they want to do it in Germany, let them do it.
– How long will Shcherbakova need to recover?
– If she has a meniscus injury, that’s one thing, it takes 15-20 days. If the collateral ligaments are different. If the cruciate ligament – the third. Ligaments are restored for up to a year. There are a lot of knee injuries. To talk about recovery time, you need to know the nature of the damage, Zotkin told .
Source : MatchTV
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