The Billy Gillispie medical update (a.k.a. the regular day-before-a-game news conference) noted that Patrick Patterson could learn soon if he’ll need surgery to repair the stress fracture in his left ankle.
Gillispie said on Tuesday that Patterson underwent a MRI exam that morning to determine if the diagnosis of a stress fracture was valid and if surgery — not just rest — would be needed.
The results could be known within the next few days, Gillispie said.
Steven Weinfeld, a foot and ankle specialist at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York said such surgeries are routine and require a recovery period of six to eight weeks.
As for other injured UK players, Jodie Meeks had made “a little progress” in his recovery from a groin pull, Gillispie said. Meeks has not returned to practice.
Joe Crawford (plantar fasciitis) and Derrick Jasper (microfracture knee surgery) are playing relatively pain free, Gillispie said.
As if Kentucky hasn’t had to handle enough medical problems, Jasper has developed a bunion on his left foot.
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
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