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The case of Borisa Simanić: The most drastic injury in the history of Serbian basketball

September 05, 2023, 12:21 am Vremena editorial office
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Prof. Dr. Miljko Ristić, former president of the FSS Medical Commission, says that the two operations performed by doctors in Manila, which were performed on Boris Simanić, indicate that not everything was done properly in the first

From the World Basketball Championship, after the victory of the Serbian team over the Dominican Republic, the news arrived that the Serbian basketball player Borisa Simanić was hit with such a blow in the match against South Sudan that his kidney was removed.

Prof. Dr. Miljko Ristić, former president of the FSS Medical Commission, he says for RTS that the two operations performed by doctors in Manila, which were performed on Simanić, indicate, according to medical rules, that not everything was done properly in the first one.

"He got hit terribly hard." There was an obvious intention of the opposing player. The thing is not catastrophic, but it is terrible. I think he will be able to return to the sport, with the follow-up analysis. "All athletes, before going to competitions, must be examined by sports commissions," said Ristić for RTS's Jutarnji dnevnik.

According to Ristic, there is no doubt that Simanić went to the competition completely healthy, but such a blow requires an inspection by the World Basketball Organization, whether there was an intention to incapacitate him.

"I don't underestimate my Filipino colleagues, but the question is what kind of hospital he was operated on. If the revision was done in a day or two, it indicates that something was not done correctly in the first act. He is young, he will endure," believes Ristić

This happens once in a hundred years

Dr. Moma Jakovljević, assistant director of KBC "Dragiša Mišović" said that after recovery, Boriša Simanić will be able to continue his basketball career in six to seven months.

"At the first moment, no one could have guessed what was going to happen." The blow was from the side. This happens once in a hundred million, that from such a blow there is a break in the continuity of blood vessels and kidney necrosis. It is important that a life was saved and that we welcome it in Belgrade," explains Jakovljević.

Dr. Moma Jakovljević, surgeon and doctor of basketball players, says that in European surgical circles, he has not heard of a case where such a severe kidney injury occurred as a result of a sports injury.
"This is the most drastic injury in Yugoslav and Serbian basketball," says Jakovljević.

MJ/RTS

 

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