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“This is a serious injury and it will need reconstructive surgery. He will definitely be out the rest of this year. Next year is in question, as well. And, so is his career.”<\/p>\n
That’s orthopedic sports surgeon, Dr. <\/strong>David Abbasi<\/strong> … offering his medical opinion on Nick Chubb<\/strong>‘s gruesome knee injury, sustained during the first half of the Browns vs. Steelers Monday Night Football game.<\/p>\n Abbasi is a double board certified fellowship trained ortho surgeon specializing in shoulder, elbows, and knees … and although he hasn’t treated 27-year-old Chubb, he has been the sideline physician for the Miami Dolphins, Cincinnati Bearcats, FIU Panthers and a bunch of big UFC fights.<\/p>\n The Browns have not yet announced the specifics of the injury<\/strong> to the 4x Pro Bowler, but Abbasi says it’s clear there was a knee dislocation, and with that, serious ligament damage.<\/p>\n “You can see he gets hit on his knee. That is his knee dislocating out,” the doctor explained, “His knee popped out of place.”<\/p>\n Thankfully, Abassi says the knee went back into place moments later … and that’s important because it limits the risk to the nerves and the blood vessels “which can be limb threatening.”<\/p>\n The bad news … for the knee to pop out the way it did, David says, “[Chubb] had to have torn at least two of the four ligaments, but usually it’s more than two ligaments.”<\/p>\n “The knee ligaments I’m referring to here consist of the ACL, the PCL, the MCL, and the LCL. I would not be surprised if at least three, if not all four of these have torn.”<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/6b\/4by3\/2023\/09\/19\/6beeeb9c5bbc4421aaa2ee3b8d43896e_md.jpg\")
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