When will quarterback Tom Brady recover from his ACL and MCL injuries?
Infection Complicates Knee Surgery Recovery for Patriots’ QB Tom Brady Published: October 24, 2008 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 — Knee surgery on Tom Brady, quarterback for the three-time Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, has been complicated by an infection in the injured joint. Brady suffered a season-ending injury to his left knee in a game on Sept. 7. It has been widely reported that the injury involved a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, although neither Brady nor the Patriots have confirmed it. He underwent surgery at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic here on Oct. 6, performed by Neal ElAttrache, M.D. “Unfortunately, in the week following the surgery, I developed an infection,” Brady said in a posting earlier this week on his personal Web site. He said a second procedure had been performed on Oct. 15 “to clean and to test the wound” and has been receiving a course of antibiotics. “The infection is very treatable,” he said. But the Boston Herald has reported that the infection
