One week after it became evident Brandon Ingram would miss the rest of the regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers announced he underwent successful thoracic outlet decompression surgery on his right arm. The procedure was performed by Dr. Hugh Gelabert at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
Prior to revealing Ingram was dealing with a Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) — or blood clot — in his arm, he missed two consecutive games because of right shoulder soreness. Lakers head coach Luke Walton expressed optimism Ingram would return from the initial issue.
Though, Walton also said the team wasn’t certain how Ingram sustained the injury, and mentioned he wasn’t able to lift his arm above his head without feeling pain and a pull.