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Per 247Sports: Just when things were starting to really come together for the Oklahoma City Thunder the franchise has been bit by the injury bug yet again. After missing his team's win over the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday, it appears as though the Thunder will be without the services of All-Star forward Kevin Durant for at least another week.
According to a press release from the franchise, Durant underwent a second procedure on his previously injured foot on Sunday after consulting with the team's medical personnel.
“As we have conveyed, Kevin has experienced increased soreness in his right foot recently and as a result we initiated a process to determine the best way to manage it moving forward. In order to alleviate that discomfort, it was determined after consultation with Dr. Robert Anderson, and after receiving a second opinion from Dr. Martin O’Malley, that because the fracture itself has continued to heal as anticipated, there was an opportunity to address irritation from the screw, and make an adjustment to a different piece of hardware within the foot to relieve the symptoms of his soreness."
While Durant was forced to undergo a second procedure on his foot, the initial fracture healed without any complications and the reason for Sunday's procedure was purely to help reduce the obvious discomfort he was feeling.
"The fracture itself is healing excellently by all accounts and we continue to feel good about the prognosis moving forward, but in the short term as he continued to have this discomfort, we wanted to determine the best way to alleviate it while still promoting the continued healing of the initial injury.
He is expected to be re-evaluated within a week to determine when he will return this regular season.”
The hope has to be that Durant's return to the floor will come sooner rather than later as the Thunder are still right in the thick of the race for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
According to a press release from the franchise, Durant underwent a second procedure on his previously injured foot on Sunday after consulting with the team's medical personnel.
“As we have conveyed, Kevin has experienced increased soreness in his right foot recently and as a result we initiated a process to determine the best way to manage it moving forward. In order to alleviate that discomfort, it was determined after consultation with Dr. Robert Anderson, and after receiving a second opinion from Dr. Martin O’Malley, that because the fracture itself has continued to heal as anticipated, there was an opportunity to address irritation from the screw, and make an adjustment to a different piece of hardware within the foot to relieve the symptoms of his soreness."
While Durant was forced to undergo a second procedure on his foot, the initial fracture healed without any complications and the reason for Sunday's procedure was purely to help reduce the obvious discomfort he was feeling.
"The fracture itself is healing excellently by all accounts and we continue to feel good about the prognosis moving forward, but in the short term as he continued to have this discomfort, we wanted to determine the best way to alleviate it while still promoting the continued healing of the initial injury.
He is expected to be re-evaluated within a week to determine when he will return this regular season.”
The hope has to be that Durant's return to the floor will come sooner rather than later as the Thunder are still right in the thick of the race for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
