Doctor: Prothro to be released soon
Posted: Tuesday October 18, 2005 4:26PM; Updated: Tuesday October 18, 2005 4:26PM
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama receiver Tyrone Prothro, hospitalized for the past two weeks after breaking two bones in his left leg, had treatment for an infection following surgery.
Alabama team physician Les Fowler said Tuesday that Prothro should be released from the hospital in a few days and that doctors are "optimistic for a full recovery following this very severe injury."
Fowler said Prothro's family had requested that no details of his status be released before Tuesday since he had emergency surgery on the open fracture of his tibia and fibula following the Florida game on Oct. 2.
"Since that time, he has undergone aggressive treatment and antibiotic for the infection," Fowler said in a statement, adding that Prothro did not develop a staph infection.
"To date, the attempts to eradicate the infection appear to have been successful. All wounds that he suffered are healing well following the procedure necessary to close those wounds."
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Posted: Tuesday October 18, 2005 4:26PM; Updated: Tuesday October 18, 2005 4:26PM
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama receiver Tyrone Prothro, hospitalized for the past two weeks after breaking two bones in his left leg, had treatment for an infection following surgery.
Alabama team physician Les Fowler said Tuesday that Prothro should be released from the hospital in a few days and that doctors are "optimistic for a full recovery following this very severe injury."
Fowler said Prothro's family had requested that no details of his status be released before Tuesday since he had emergency surgery on the open fracture of his tibia and fibula following the Florida game on Oct. 2.
"Since that time, he has undergone aggressive treatment and antibiotic for the infection," Fowler said in a statement, adding that Prothro did not develop a staph infection.
"To date, the attempts to eradicate the infection appear to have been successful. All wounds that he suffered are healing well following the procedure necessary to close those wounds."
Copyright 2005 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
