A surgeon who specializes in hand and wrist procedures said Thursday that Broncos running back Phillip Lindsay faces a long recovery once surgery is completed.
Lindsay sustained a right wrist injury Monday at Oakland and will have an operation.
“It’s a pretty serious injury,” said Dr. Steven Shin, director of hand surgery at Cedars-Sinai’s Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles, in a phone interview. “With the right treatment, he should still be able to play effectively. He may never have the same wrist strength as before, but pretty close.”
If Lindsay sustained a fractured scaphoid bone, Shin said the likely ligament tear is to the scapholunate ligament, which connects the scaphoid and lunate bones.