Surgery may or may not be on the table, depending on who you ask.
In the aftermath of a Saturday night, 10PM press release crushing the hopes and dreams of Sixers fans and replacing those gaps with alcohol or something maybe harder, the actual details of the injury and the setback were unknown. After today, well, we still don't know anything, as separate reports indicate that surgery may or may not be on the table.
The first report came from 6ABC's (Philadelphia's ABC local station) Jeff Skversky:
Joel Embiid's right foot will NOT require a second surgery an NBA Source close to the #Sixers center tells @6abc pic.