CHICAGO (CBS) — Doctors in New Orleans are reportedly working to treat Bears tight end Zach Miller, following a gruesome injury in Sunday’s loss to the New Orleans Saints.
Miller reached high into the air and made an impressive grab in the corner of the end zone; but the touchdown was overturned, and Miller couldn’t get up.
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“The severity of his knee injury, just based on what I saw, was that the knee was turned in the incorrect direction pretty severely,” said Andrew Hoel, Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. “That’s where you can end up with a stretch or tear of the artery.”
The sixth-year tight end reportedly underwent urgent vascular surgery in New Orleans. Hoel said if this type of injury isn’t treated quickly, you may start to hear the word, amputation.
“He received prompt medical attention and I’m sure that gives him a higher chance of a good outcome, a good result. But if you lose blood flow to the tissue below the knee, amputation is a possibility.”
The Chicago Bears released a statement regarding the injury reading:
“During our game at the New Orleans Saints yesterday, TE Zach Miller sustained a serious injury to his left knee and immediate evaluation from our medical team on site rushed him to nearby University Medical Center New Orleans (UMC) for urgent vascular surgery to repair a torn popliteal artery. Successful surgery was performed immediately on Sunday by the UMC vascular surgeons to stabilize his injury. Zach remains at UMC, along with Bears medical personnel, where he will stay under further evaluation. We are thinking of Zach and his family and support from our entire organization goes out to them.”
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