OKC's Andre Roberson Ruptures Patellar Tendon

[RJ87]

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Source: Preliminary report on OKC’s Andre Roberson: ruptured patellar tendon.

7:17 PM - 27 Jan 2018

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/957407206454030336

No more injuries, please.


EDIT: Apparently, he's been dealing with patellar tendonitis this season

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Could be related, could be unrelated, but worth mentioning that Roberson has missed time recently because of patellar tendonitis in his left knee, the one he appeared to injure today.

Did he rush back too soon?

[hpantazo]

First Cousins with a career altering injury and now this. The injury bug is hitting the league hard before the all-star break.

[RJ87]

First Cousins with a career altering injury and now this. The injury bug is hitting the league hard before the all-star break.

This is a career altering one too unfortunately. Tendon ruptures are brutal.

[Ilikesports17]

this and the Achilles are arguably the 2 worst injuries you can have.

Brutal for Roberson

[nickagneta]

this and the Achilles are arguably the 2 worst injuries you can have.

Brutal for Roberson

You mean besides a severed spinal cord, life altering brain and heart maladies and anything fatal....right?

[Ilikesports17]

this and the Achilles are arguably the 2 worst injuries you can have.

Brutal for Roberson

You mean besides a severed spinal cord, life altering brain and heart maladies and anything fatal....right?

Yeah.

I meant they are the worst injuries you can return from that happen with some level of regularity.

[SparzWizard]

this and the Achilles are arguably the 2 worst injuries you can have.

Brutal for Roberson

Torn ACLs are also worse.

[RJ87]

this and the Achilles are arguably the 2 worst injuries you can have.

Brutal for Roberson

Torn ACLs are also worse.

I'd disagree. ACLs typically have a much better outlook for full recovery.

[Monkhouse]

Fractures or ruptures are usually pretty bad.

Hope for a speedy recovery. Roberson ranks 3rd in defensive RPM, so we will see if Terrance or Abrines can step up.

[saltlover]

this and the Achilles are arguably the 2 worst injuries you can have.

Brutal for Roberson

Torn ACLs are also worse.

I'd disagree. ACLs typically have a much better outlook for full recovery.

Yeah, ACL recovery has improved a lot, just like elbow ligament damage used to be a problem for baseball, but now has a much higher rate of recovery.  Tendons they haven’t figured out yet in the same way — there’s not the same way to replace them like they’ve done with ligaments.

[RJ87]

this and the Achilles are arguably the 2 worst injuries you can have.

Brutal for Roberson

Torn ACLs are also worse.

I'd disagree. ACLs typically have a much better outlook for full recovery.

Yeah, ACL recovery has improved a lot, just like elbow ligament damage used to be a problem for baseball, but now has a much higher rate of recovery.  Tendons they haven’t figured out yet in the same way — there’s not the same way to replace them like they’ve done with ligaments.

Ditto.

ACLs are clearer recovery wise because the surgery isn't technically a repair - you're replacing the damaged ligament with a graft from the patellar tendon, the hamstring or a cadaver ligament. With the patellar rupture, you're trying to repair the damaged tendon - which can be complicated depending on the level of damage, whether or not the kneecap was damaged in the injury, if the tendon has started to scar or if it begins to retract.

[Moranis]

Just when the Thunder were rolling and seeminglynhad rhings figured out.

[ManUp]

Poor guy, with out his athleticism I don't see him having much of a place in the league.

Hope he can make a full recovery and wish him the best.