Brady Injury: When Knee Surgery Backfires
Joint Surgery Poses Danger of Serious Infection for All
If this can happen to Brady, who can afford the best doctors anywhere in the country (Brady actually flew to Los Angeles for his operation), it can happen to anyone. It's a point not lost on some patients awaiting their turn on the operating table.
"No one has talked to me about infections, and that's the first thing I will ask my doctor about," said Edgar Martin, who was awaiting hip surgery at Rush University Medical Center.
Post-operative infection is often the one thing patients never ask about, but should.
Bush-Joseph suggested "asking physicians, 'What are their complication rates?' 'What is their infection rate?' and, 'Is it a global problem in the hospital?'"
As for Brady, in a message posted on his Web site, he sounded optimistic about returning next season: "I am excited to begin rehabbing my knee and will continue preparing for 2009."
But now with the added issues of infection, his rehabilitation likely will be months longer and more painful.
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