Yao Ming to undergo foot surgery
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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)
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