Sixers star Joel Embiid suffered a fracture to the bones that support and protect his left eye during a collision with teammate Markelle Fultz Wednesday night. Now that his recovery may collide with the NBA playoffs, which start April 14, many sports fans may have a newfound interest in orbital bone repair.
We talked with Donald Mazur, a sports medicine surgeon with the Rothman Institute, and Michael Rabinowitz, an oculoplastic and orbital surgeon at Wills Eye Hospital. Neither has treated Embiid. The exact nature of his injury has not been reported, but the 76ers have said that his orbital bone was fractured.