[外電] Nicasio resting comfortably after neck surgery

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Nicasio resting comfortably after neck surgery

Best-case scenario has Rockies pitcher ready for Spring Training

By Thomas Harding / MLB.com | 08/06/11 8:22 PM ET


DENVER -- Rockies rookie right-handed pitcher Juan Nicasio is resting
comfortably, in serious but stable condition, in the hospital after surgery
to reattach fragments of the C-1 vertebrae in his neck.

Nicasio, 24, suffered the injury when hit in the head by a line drive off the
bat of the Nationals' Ian Desmond during the second inning of the Rockies'
5-3 loss Friday night at Coors Field. Rockies head athletic trainer Keith
Dugger said he is not sure if the neck fracture occurred when the ball hit
him in the head, from the speed of his neck rotation after impact or when he
landed face-first on the mound. Dugger also said he had not seen a C-1
vertebrae injury in baseball.

The surgery was performed overnight at Denver Health by Peter Witt, a
neurosurgeon at The Spine Center at the University of Colorado Hospital, who
inserted two screws into the vertebrae and a small plate in the back of
Nicasio's head to stabilize the area. The plate will remain permanently.
There was no damage to the spinal cord.

Nicasio is medicated but able to sit up and talk, which are good signs,
according to Dugger. But when or whether Nicasio will return to pitching are
unknowns, simply because the injury is so rare in baseball.

Nicasio also has a fracture along the side of his head. That fracture will
not be repaired with surgery, but doctors are monitoring that injury with
periodic CT scans for dangerous swelling and bleeding.

"The best-case scenario is he'll be there in Spring Training, starting for
our club," said Dugger, who said Nicasio could be released from the hospital
next week.

Dugger said he couldn't tell if Nicasio lost consciousness at any point.
Nicasio was aware of what happened and was talking when Dugger made it to the
mound to attend to him.

Dugger said general manager Dan O'Dowd, owner Dick Monfort, Rockies physician
Jamie Genaurio and Rockies internist Allen Schreiber consulted with Witt and
his team about the treatment options. Nicasio was aware of his options, which
included being placed in a halo device or wearing a cervical collar, before
opting for surgery.

"Him being a professional athlete and the potential to get back to pitching,
his best option was to get this fracture back in its anatomical position, and
pray, and hope and be positive," Dugger said.

Dugger said Rockies assistant clubhouse manager and equipment manager Joe
Diaz, who speaks English and Spanish, and fellow pitcher Esmil Rogers helped
keep Nicasio's parents informed in the Dominican Republic, since the rumor
mill had his condition all over the place. Assistant athletic trainer Scott
Gehret met with the players to keep them informed.

Nicasio, who was called up to the Rockies from Double-A Tulsa in May, was 4-4
with a 4.14 ERA this season and showed signs of becoming a key member of the
Rockies' rotation in the future. Rockies manager Jim Tracy said the injury
was difficult to watch.

Tracy was managing the Dodgers when Kazuhisa Ishii suffered a small skull
fracture and a concussion when hit in the head by a line drive from the
Astros' Brian Hunter on Sept. 8, 2002. Ishii returned the next season and
pitched in the Majors through 2005.

"All I can tell you is my thoughts, the thoughts of this team and the
organization, and my prayers are with this young man," Tracy said. "That is
as devastating a situation as you can deal with in this game.

"When you look at where he was at the beginning of the year and where he's
advanced to up to this point, I would say he was really, really emerging."

The Rockies called up right-handed pitcher Greg Reynolds from Triple-A
Colorado Springs on Saturday to replace Nicasio on the 25-man roster. In
addition, the club activated outfielder Carlos Gonzalez (strained right wrist
ligaments) from the 15-day disabled list and placed outfieler Ryan Spilborghs
on the DL with plantar fasciitis in his right foot.


概要:

昨天洛磯對國民的比賽中

洛磯隊先發投手 Juan Nicasio 被 Ian Desmond 的強襲球擊中頭部

並被防護人員以擔架抬出場

今天的消息是已經動好頸部手術

是因為頸椎 C1 部位出現裂痕

已經以手術暫時固定頸椎

不幸中的大幸是 Nicasio 還可以說話 也記得所有的事 手也可以動

另一個沒有以手術修補的傷勢頭部周圍的裂痕

但是會一段時間照一次CT掃描以追蹤是否有腫脹或是內出血

目前他正在醫院休息 傷勢處於穩定但有危險的狀態

洛磯隊把他放入15天傷兵名單 不過可以確定的是他本季也報銷了


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推 Connec:超可怕
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推 hollowmanx:C1骨折很容易傷到腦幹 還活著算他命大了...
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