The Sports Healer Starting from Milan

Chapter 29 Do you have any research on tibial stress fractures?

Materazzi had been in the operating room for more than two hours.

Inter Milan players flocked to the hospital, and even Moratti, who was in Milan, changed his plans to come here.

Looking at those anxious faces...

Lin Mu comforted him, "The situation isn't too bad. Marco should be fine, but the recovery period after surgery is relatively long, and he may need to rest for two to three months."

"These are all minor matters; it's good that no one is hurt."

Moratti waved his hand.

God knows how nervous he was when he saw that scene on TV.

"Yes!" Mancini breathed a sigh of relief. After learning from Franco Combe that Materazzi had suffered a ruptured femoral artery, he had specifically asked his friends at the hospital.

What the other person said almost scared him to death.

Outcomes include excessive blood loss, muscle necrosis, and amputation.

It would ruin a player.

Moreover, they have already lost Zanetti to injury.

Materazzi is injured again.

This is like adding insult to injury.

The pressure on the defense is immense!

Mancini's only consolation was that the Champions League draw was favorable; they didn't face any strong teams, so qualifying shouldn't be a problem.

But what happens next?

Inter Milan will face Udinese, Roma, and Sampdoria in the league in succession.

These are all tough battles.

It's unclear whether they can maintain their current ranking on the leaderboard.

"Sigh." Mancini knew it would be difficult, and he was just hoping to lose fewer games and not let Juventus and Milan widen the gap.

"How long will this surgery take?"

Moratti glanced down at his watch.

"About three hours, they should be out soon."

Lin Mu replied.

Moratti suddenly said, "Wood, the club is preparing to play Livorno next week, and we'll be wearing jerseys with the logo changed to 'Pirelli' in Chinese on the chest. We have a party in Milan tonight, why don't you come along?"

He then gave a brief explanation of the situation.

Pirelli Tires, Inter Milan's sponsor, recently opened a factory in Shandong, China.

Inter Milan and Pirelli Group are both looking for a way to thank Inter Milan fans in China.

Of course, it's also for publicity.

After all, back in June of this year, in a joint survey conducted by Sina.com, CCTV, and Football Weekly, Inter Milan overwhelmingly became the most popular team.

Inter Milan's official website featured this news as the top story at the time.

Moratti also personally wrote a letter to Inter Milan fans in China to express his gratitude.

In addition, three years ago.

A 20-year-old girl from Dalian was critically ill with leukemia. As an Inter Milan fan, she received blessings from Inter Milan's official website and strong support from Inter Milan fans.

These events made him, as Inter Milan's owner and former president, develop a lot of goodwill towards Chinese fans.

Now there's another forest.

Moratti wanted to introduce Lin Mu into their circle.

Whether you continue at San Rafael Hospital or go independent, you'll have better options in the future.

Lin Mu was hesitating.

The red light above the operating room door went out, and then Luca came out.

"Wood, your handling of the situation was perfect. To be honest, I even wondered if you had X-ray vision. The spot you pressed was exactly upstream of the ruptured artery, with almost no error."

"If you're one centimeter too far inward, you'll compress the femoral vein; if you're one centimeter too far outward, you'll compress the femoral nerve."

"You didn't have this skill when you were in school."

Luca looked at Lin Mu with a suspicious gaze; he didn't believe Lin Mu was just lucky.

This hemostasis technique is amazing.

If I can guess correctly.

That's no less than winning a lottery worth hundreds of millions of euros.

"You'll get used to it after practicing a lot," Lin Mu said evasively.

"Want to have dinner together tonight?"

Luca didn't ask any further questions.

"Sorry, I have something to do tonight. How about I treat you to a meal next time you come to Milan?"

Lin Mu suggested.

"Great! There's an academic conference in Milan next week, so I won't hold back then."

Luca smiled.

The two chatted about other things for a while.

Lin Mu, along with his colleagues and Inter Milan players, visited the patient in the ward.

For the past two weeks, Materazzi has been confined to bed.

The main purpose is to avoid blood clots and blood vessel rupture. After the third week, the patient can be transferred back to Milan. If the recovery is good, the patient can resume contact training in the sixth week.

After confirming that the problem was not serious.

Lin Mu and Moratti got into the car and returned to Milan at 7 p.m., to the Moratti family's private clubhouse.

This was his first time attending such an event.

After getting off the car, a cool autumn breeze blew, and the ground was covered with many sycamore leaves. The clubhouse lobby had a high dome and was decorated with European-style retro oil paintings.

It's still abstract.

I couldn't tell which great painter created the woodwork.

"This is Dr. Wood."

Moratti, dressed in a black bespoke suit, maintained his gentle and refined demeanor as he introduced himself to the two people opposite him.

He then introduced the other person to Lin Mu.

One is Provira, Pirelli's China Regional Manager.

There's also Zhao Shun.

The person in charge of the joint venture factory in Yanzhou, Shandong.

Lin Mu shook hands with each person politely but firmly, maintaining eye contact without saying much.

After everyone exchanged pleasantries for a while...

Zhao Shun suddenly spoke, still in Chinese, "Is Dr. Wood Chinese?"

"Yes, my hometown is Anhui. Just call me Lin Mu."

Lin Mu replied in Chinese.

"Then we're not far apart."

Zhao Shun could see that Moratti valued Lin Mu highly; this was not the treatment an ordinary team doctor would receive.

He had also heard of Lin Mu's reputation in the country.

So I tentatively asked, "Dr. Lin, do you have any research experience with tibial stress fractures?"

Lin Mu raised an eyebrow.

This is not a question a factory manager should ask.

It was still in 2005.

"Some research."

Lin Mu was quite curious to know what Zhao Shun would say next.

"I have a niece named Zhao Ruirui. She's on the national women's volleyball team, the team that won the gold medal at the Athens Olympics."

Zhao Shun said.

"I know that." Lin Mu said with a hint of helplessness.

"Oh, what's going on? Before the Olympics, she probably overtrained and her leg hurt badly when she did a back-row attack. The team doctor diagnosed her with periostitis."

"As a result, my niece had to take painkillers for a week."

"They even said... 'Don't leave the front lines with minor injuries,' and that persevering despite wounds is a virtue—to hell with that!"

Zhao Shun became increasingly angry as he spoke.

Who is my niece?

The world's number one middle blocker!

The core of the women's volleyball team's quick-change tactics.

Is the result periostitis?

It's a bone fracture!

When his niece went to the hospital for a stress fracture, the doctor said that in all his years of medical practice, this was the first time he had seen someone break their leg from jumping.

He then received treatment in the country.

He underwent open reduction and fixation with a plate and screws, and was able to return to the field three months after the surgery.

That is, the first match of the Athens Olympics.

After playing only two games, the same leg, in the same spot, fractured again.

The steel plate that was placed in my right leg during my first fracture was removed just a few months ago.