OT: Hakeem Nicks out 3+ weeks after emergency surgery

[ctpatsfan77]

New York Giants will be without Hakeem Nicks for about 3 weeks - ESPN New York

Nicks suffered an injury that led to compartment syndrome, one of the few true orthopedic emergencies.

At a minimum, the already WR-depleted Giants will be without Nicks' services for three weeks; if they have to do a second surgery because of dead muscle, he's likely done for the season.

 

[Fball]

Giants have had horrific luck w/ injuries.

It's been pretty bad around the NFL in general this year...

 

[slam]

That injury sounds horrifying. Like your foot is in danger of gangrene, or something.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

That injury sounds horrifying. Like your foot is in danger of gangrene, or something.

<teaching mode>
To be precise, gangrene is always infectious.

The technical term here is necrosis—in other words, unexpected cell death. It's the same sort of process that results in dead brain tissue in a stroke or dead heart muscle in a heart attack.

 

[Nikolai]

Giants have had horrific luck w/ injuries.

It's been pretty bad around the NFL in general this year...

It pokes a few holes in the 18-game schedule idea.

 

[Fball]

It pokes a few holes in the 18-game schedule idea.

I really hate that idea. It will make the NFL an even bigger war of attrition than it already is...

 

[apple strudel]

Sounds painful. While I would like to be paid millions of dollars, I would not like to have surgery be a regular part of my life.

 

[Tasco]

that sounds really scary, all the best to him.

 

[letekro]

Jason Taylor had the same thing couple years back.

 

[Hudson Pats Fan]

that sounds really scary, all the best to him.

Compartment syndrome sucks. My brother broke his leg playing soccer and it caused compartment syndrome. The doctors had to make some pretty good sized incisions in his leg for a while...not a pretty sight.