Louisville's Kevin Ware Suffers Gruesome Leg Injury During Elite Eight Match

[Proudiddy]

Good news, and I'm guessing if there was something more serious underlying it, they would've already found out and not been as definitive about him playing there again:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2013/03/31/louisville-cardinals-kevin-ware-successful-broken-leg-surgery/2041241/

University of Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware underwent successful surgery Sunday night to repair the gruesome open fracture of his right tibia he suffered during the Cardinals' 85-63 win over Duke in the Midwest Regional final, and he is expected to remain in Indianapolis until at least Tuesday, U of L announced.

Ware had the bone reset, and a rod was inserted into leg during the operation that lasted about two hours. The wound caused by the bone puncturing through his skin in his lower leg was closed.

U of L's late-night release said no timetable for recovery has been set, but the early prognosis from U of L sports medicine director Fred Hina - given right after the game while Ware was in surgery - was that Ware is bound for a lengthy recovery, but the injury is not likely a career-ending one.

[chknwing]

wasn't that bad

*warning, closeup photo of injury*

[g5jamz]

What is seen cannot be unseen...

ugh

[Proudiddy]

Please take that down.

[Hawk]

hot damn...I could have gone all day wthout seeing that....ouch!

rub some dirt on it and get back out there!

[Doyle]

I just watched a documentary on Sam Bowie. He broke his leg like 4 times. Once in college and 3 times in the NBA. I forgot what a good player he was when healthy.

[Darth Biscuit]

Damn... you could not see the compound injury like that on the TV shot. That's so scary.

It's hard for me to believe that he didn't have a previous unknown injury to that bone.

[Cary Kollins]

Dude seriously? Don't post that fugging injury porn. If someone wants to see it, let them look it up.

[Jase]

spoiler tags added for the weak of stomach

[chknwing]

Dude seriously? Don't post that fugging injury porn. If someone wants to see it, let them look it up.

ok when you saw the topic "Louisville's Kevin Ware Suffers Gruesome Leg Injury During Elite Eight Match" and entered the thread, what did you think you were going to see, unicorns and flowers?

[Cary Kollins]

ok when you saw the topic "Louisville's Kevin Ware Suffers Gruesome Leg Injury During Elite Eight Match" and entered the thread, what did you think you were going to see, unicorns and flowers?

Eh, I get your point. But proper etiquette is to at least throw a *GRAPHIC* warning.

And I had already seen that picture, and I was watching the game live. I'm more saying this for some other poor soul that isn't expecting to see a dude's bone sticking out of his leg.

[Hawk]

I thought I did something similar this past summer...only a few days before competing in the World's Longest Soccer Game. Fell while getting off of my boat. When I stood up in the water I looked at my leg and all I could see was about 3 inches of white and thought it was my shin sticking out. As it was, I had peeled the skin off instead and no break, but it was still enough to send me into shock for a bit. Fun times.

[Brokenbad]

Somebody get that guy some milk!

[Cary Kollins]

ok when you saw the topic "Louisville's Kevin Ware Suffers Gruesome Leg Injury During Elite Eight Match" and entered the thread, what did you think you were going to see, unicorns and flowers?

Unicorns are deadly.