Ryan Shazier was transported back to a Pittsburgh hospital Wednesday to undergo spinal stabilization surgery to correct the contusion he suffered during Monday Night’s Steelers-Bengals game.
The most recent news indicated the injury could have been even more serious than originally diagnosed.
Just got off phone w neurologist Dr Anthony Alessi, who consults w NFLPA, asked him what he makes of Shazier’s spinal stabilization surgery. “It’s not good…We’re not going to see him this season. He may not play football again.”
— Michele Steele (@ESPNMichele) December 7, 2017
Alessi says surgery is needed when the “bones around his spinal cord are dislocated. This is a more severe injury (than a contusion.)”
“This is a much more severe situation on our hands than we thought.”
— Michele Steele (@ESPNMichele) December 7, 2017
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