Wednesday, November 4, 2009

News: Kari Lehtonen underwent the second back surgery

Kari Lehtonen underwent successful back surgery on Friday, Oct. 30 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY.  The procedure, which was performed by neurosurgeon, Dr. Paul Maurer, was to remove edges of bone that were applying pressure to nerve roots in his back at two locations that were different than that of his original disc surgery on July 20.   He will be sidelined for 6-8 weeks.

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The full injury history is in the Lehtonen’s surgery recovery log

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