Harrisson to have Microfracture Surgery officially announced today by his agent

[Boulderraven]

That's the end of that, then article goes on to say knee replacement afterward. He's done.

[Paintballguy]

Soon to be "Harrison goes to IR".

[BigRob]

That's the end of that, then article goes on to say knee replacement afterward. He's done.

Link please?

[leachisabeast]

I don't like speaking too soon on things, but I honestly see the Steelers really having a down year, like a 9-7/8-8 type season, and perhaps missing out on a wild card berth. This is a big blow, and the Steelers defense has not looked the same, I usually am a somewhat defender of the Steelers in terms of how good they are, but with what I've seen of them so far, it's going to be between us and the Bengals for the division title this year. I actually kind of had a feeling that the Steelers were going to win the division back this year, but from what I've seen, I think it's the Ravens who have to be the favourites right now with their offensive performances, and our chances could have a major uplift if Suggs comes back healthy after week 6, which right now seems more likely than we originally thought.

[alien bird]

Link please?

This is the only things I could find, which certainly isn't definitive:

http://www.steelersdepot.com/2012/09...sday-practice/

http://www.steelersdepot.com/2012/09...red-a-setback/

[ravensnhokies]

Its looking like the Steelers Ravens games might be of the 35-31 variety, which I never thought would happen. It pains me to admit, but other than that pick 6... Ben is looking pretty damn good.

[Boulderraven]

Steelernation.com fan forum under Harrison issued about hour ago.

[Paintballguy]

James Harrison to Undergo Multiple Knee Operations
http://strengthandconditioningfitnes...ump-high-1.jpg

Steelers veteran linebacker James Harrison will undergo several procedures on his injured knee, according to a statement made by his agent earlier today.

Harrison will undergo Meniscectomy knee surgery, followed by an attempt at Meniscus repair. Most likely a meniscus transplant will be needed, where the damaged meniscus will be replaced with cartilage from a donor. Plica Surgery will follow, the primary goal will be to reduce inflammation. Next, a Lateral Release will be undertaken to realign the kneecap. This will be followed with Tendon Repair surgery to the patellar and quadriceps tendons. Subsequently, Harrison will undergo ACL Reconstructive Surgery which requires a graft selection, meaning Harrison would need to select replacement tissue from his own body or a donor (Goodell?). Once this is done, next up will be an Unicompartmental Knee Replacement, also known as partial knee replacement, which requires the damaged portion of the knee to be replaced with metal and plastic components. Doctors will then perform Microfracture surgery on Harrison's knee to repair damaged cartilage. And finally, doctors may simply decide to do a Full Knee Replacement utilizing an artificial knee.

[BigRob]

Wow, any real news outlets reporting this?

[trailhiker85]

Wow, any real news outlets reporting this?

Just what I was trying to determine; I can't seem to find anything on the links mentioned by some folks above (except those supplied by alien bird, which as he says aren't definitive).

[pslholder96]

I'll defer comment until I see it reported elsewhere. We have a game tonight so right now this means very little to me personally but I felt this thread needed my $0.02

[The Excellector]

Ben is going to earn another notch on his belt if he can get this team to the playoffs. The man almost threw a half dozen TDs and they still lost to the Raiders.

[DrUnk]

Well at least I got a laugh because of this. I went to a Stoolers board to see if there is any truth to this. There is a Fire LeBeau thread going. Lol.

[nickh0801]

James Harrison to Undergo Multiple Knee Operations
http://strengthandconditioningfitnes...ump-high-1.jpg

Steelers veteran linebacker James Harrison will undergo several procedures on his injured knee, according to a statement made by his agent earlier today.

Harrison will undergo Meniscectomy knee surgery, followed by an attempt at Meniscus repair. Most likely a meniscus transplant will be needed, where the damaged meniscus will be replaced with cartilage from a donor. Plica Surgery will follow, the primary goal will be to reduce inflammation. Next, a Lateral Release will be undertaken to realign the kneecap. This will be followed with Tendon Repair surgery to the patellar and quadriceps tendons. Subsequently, Harrison will undergo ACL Reconstructive Surgery which requires a graft selection, meaning Harrison would need to select replacement tissue from his own body or a donor (Goodell?). Once this is done, next up will be an Unicompartmental Knee Replacement, also known as partial knee replacement, which requires the damaged portion of the knee to be replaced with metal and plastic components. Doctors will then perform Microfracture surgery on Harrison's knee to repair damaged cartilage. And finally, doctors may simply decide to do a Full Knee Replacement utilizing an artificial knee.

All of that seems to be a bit much and on the sarcastic side in my opinion. I too will wait for an official report.

[alienrace]

If this is true, his career is over.

[DkBlue]

That was a tongue in cheek post.

[esmd]

That's the end of that, then article goes on to say knee replacement afterward. He's done.

You do this kind of thing all the time dude.

Personally, from reading that, I'm not sure I buy it. If his knee was THAT bad, he wouldn't be walking period, let alone playing. And, they don't do knee replacements on guys that young, which is why Mike McCrary is hobbling around on two wrecked knees waiting to be old enough for the docs to replace them.

[rb6p]

The post is clearly an attempt at a joke. From a medical standpoint, it doesn't make much sense.

[Ravenswintitle]

That was a tongue in cheek post.

I liked the suggestion of Goodell as the donor

[RedSkins Fury]

Well, we've seen it before. Microfracture surgery (if he indeed needs it) is the beginning of the end. We saw it with Kelly Gregg and others around the NFL. I for one hope the Steelers keep him around for a couple years post surgery, he will be a shell of his former self and that will help the Ravens out a bit.

As far as a Knee Replacement goes... I think it would go without saying that a 34 year old getting microfracture surgery would eventually need a knee replacement.