Kirilloff To Undergo Season-Ending Surgery

[mnfireman]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/08/alex-kirilloff-to-undergo-season-ending-surgery.html

[USAFChief]

That's a shame. 

Hopefully fixes the issue and he's ready next February.

[CRF]

Damn...not good news at all. Hope they can finally repair his wrist so he can get back to full strength and show what he's capable of. 

[Linus]

Really hope for his sake this can be fixed. Good thing Arreaz has adapted pretty well to first base. 

[Danchat]

Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com relays some more details from Kirilloff about the surgery, which he first discussed as a possibility back in May. It will apparently involve manually breaking his ulna, shortening it to create more space, and then inserting a plate and screws.

Yikes, that sounds rough. Get well soon!

[ashbury]

23 minutes ago, Danchat said:

manually breaking his ulna, shortening it to create more space, and then inserting a plate and screws.

Holy....

[Brock Beauchamp]

10 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Holy....

[stringer bell]

Yes, it seems in this case parsimony of treatment didn’t work. Best wishes to AK and hopes for a complete recovery. Every team experiences situations like this, but it seems the Twins have had their share career threatening injuries. 

[wsnydes]

6 hours ago, Danchat said:

Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com relays some more details from Kirilloff about the surgery, which he first discussed as a possibility back in May. It will apparently involve manually breaking his ulna, shortening it to create more space, and then inserting a plate and screws.

Yikes, that sounds rough. Get well soon!

Ummm...OWIE!!!!

[Richie the Rally Goat]

6 hours ago, Danchat said:

Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com relays some more details from Kirilloff about the surgery, which he first discussed as a possibility back in May. It will apparently involve manually breaking his ulna, shortening it to create more space, and then inserting a plate and screws.

Yikes, that sounds rough. Get well soon!

Rough indeed, I wish AK a speedy recovery.

This surgery is a big deal, and I’m sure AK has a challenging recovery in front of him.

however it isn’t as radical as it sounds. I had a similar surgery done to my dog in 2008. He had a walking cast for 6 weeks and it solved his wrist and elbow displasia. Dogs have two upper arm bones along with two lower, so when one bone grows longer than the other in the forearm it cause issues in both the wrist and the elbow. With my dog they cut a section of the bone out and pinned it back together, then reinforced with a plate and screws.

[wsnydes]

11 minutes ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

Rough indeed, I wish AK a speedy recovery.

This surgery is a big deal, and I’m sure AK has a challenging recovery in front of him.

however it isn’t as radical as it sounds. I had a similar surgery done to my dog in 2008. He had a walking cast for 6 weeks and it solved his wrist and elbow displasia. Dogs have two upper arm bones along with two lower, so when one bone grows longer than the other in the forearm it cause issues in both the wrist and the elbow. With my dog they cut a section of the bone out and pinned it back together, then reinforced with a plate and screws.

Never would have guessed that they'd do that to dogs, so that's pretty cool!

[howeda7]

Sounds rough but hopefully it will work. I'm glad they're not trying more rehab only to end up back in the same place next May. 

[nicksaviking]

Wish him the best. I'm certainly no expert, but as awful as it sounds, repairing a bone issue is probably still a better proposition than repairing a ligament or tendon issue.

Based on the description of the procedure, I wouldn't be surprised if this outcome was a known possibility for quite some time, but everyone was hoping to avoid it. It probably also explains why he didn't go back on the IR immediately; there was nothing to heal, it was simply a congenital problem.

[solomon1930]

Have any other ML players or other athletes for matter had the surgery and had success after?

[Richie the Rally Goat]

I’m no doctor, but this seems similar to what AK is going through, complete with pictures at the bottom.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29409430/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28391754/