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Striker Brandon Ingram of the Los Angeles Lakers underwent a right arm decompression operation on Saturday, and sources told ESPN that he should recover fully within three to four months.
Ingram was shut down last week after a medical examination of his painful right shoulder that revealed deep vein thrombosis – a condition caused by a blood clot. This clot was removed and the Saturday procedure ensured better flow in Ingram's upper body.
"It could not have been a better set of facts for a clot," Schnock told Ingram's agent, Jeff Schwartz.
Due to the uncertainty surrounding Ingram's state last week, former NBA players who were forced to retire because of blood clot problems – at Chris Bosh and Mirza Teletovic – have often been cited as comparable cases to Ingram. However, Ingram, Dukers' No. 2 choice in 2016 with Duke, was suffering from a health problem related to the constitution of his body, and not to the constitution of his blood.
"It's a nighttime difference between a hematological problem, or a blood problem, as you say, and a structural problem," Schwartz told ESPN. "It was not related to the fact that his blood produced something that could cause blood clots – it was purely structural."
The Ingram procedure was conducted by Dr. Hugh Gelabert at the Ronald Reagan Medical Center of UCLA, according to the team. This is a relatively common procedure for professional athletes who make repeated movements of their arms, such as baseball players, golfers and swimmers.
Normal practice with exit thoracic decompression surgery requires that the patient be on anticoagulant for one to two months, without having to use them later. Ingram could be back on the field as early as eight weeks, sources told ESPN, with a return to full basketball activities taking four to eight weeks later.
He should join the Lakers (31-38) to be part of the team sometime before the end of the regular season.
Ingram was playing the best basketball of his three-year career before his injury. The 6-foot-9, 190-pound forward has averaged 18.3 points and 5.1 rebounds per game this season, his best career score, and has flourished since the All-Star break. According to ESPN Stats & Information, he averaged 27.8 points on 57% of his shots in his six games after the All Star break, before the shoulder problem arose.
"He's in a good mood and Brandon is going to recover completely," Schwartz told ESPN.
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