Yao Ming to undergo foot surgery

Yao Ming to undergo foot surgery

www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-18 20:13:00

BEIJING, July 18 -- Houston Rockets center Yao Ming has decided¹ to undergo surgery on his broken left foot next week, facing the possibility of missing all of next season.

Chinese Yao, highest in the active NBA players standing² at 7-foot-6, chose a surgery that will involve a bone graft³ to promote bone regeneration, the team said.

The surgery, which will be performed next week by Rockets team physician Tom Clanton, will also perform a surgical⁴ procedure designed to reduce the arch in Yao's left foot by realigning and restructuring the bones in the foot.

Soundbite: Zhang Mingji, Yao's representative "After the consultation⁵, Yao has relaxed a lot. We are confident that Yao will fully⁶ recover. He will undergo surgery next week. We hope the audience to see a completely healthy Yao returning to the court next season."

Yao suffered a hairline fracture in the foot in the third game against Lakers in the playoff of the western conference semi on May 8 and the Rockets initially⁷ said Yao would miss only 8-12 weeks. When doctors re-examined the injury late in June, they found the injury had not healed and had even got worse.

Yao averaged 19.1 points, 9.3 rebounds⁸ and 1.95 blocks per game in his NBA career beginning from 2002-2003 season in Houston.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai. (XHTV)

1 decided   

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2 standing   

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