News: PFT: Source: Romo won’t have surgery, will miss 8 weeks

A doctor on ESPN NFL Insider is saying Romo would heal faster and be back sooner with surgery.
 
I've now seen 2 doctors state that surgery could actually allow him to heal quicker and be back sooner. Maybe @Doc50 could add some insight?
 
I wonder if that means the break is in a different spot than the previous time he broke it. The doctor guy on the radio last night said surgery to insert a plate might be necessary because a second break could indicate a weakness that would be more likely to break again.
 
mrtxstar said:
A doctor on ESPN NFL Insider is saying Romo would heal faster and be back sooner with surgery.
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I heard the same thing yesterday but he added that in his experience athletes who go back after 6-7 weeks always re-break it. After 8 weeks he has never had an athlete re-break the bone.
 
Hoov said:
I agree - It would be unrealistic for him to play the dophins and then play again 4 days later after just coming back. The Panthers are a NFC oponent so that W is more important than the Phins.
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If he's ready to play then as long as there is not the same mechanism of injury then he's fine. 8 weeks out, as long as there in no non-union of the ends of the break, then its sturdy enough to play. It should be over 90+% of the strength of a normal bone at 8 weeks. It should be 100% by then.
 
Dr. David Chao

Monday Morning MD: Quarterbacks and clavicles

The big injury news of Sunday involved Tony Romo and his broken collarbone. This is not the first time a star QB has fractured his non-throwing left clavicle. Aaron Rodgers-watch 2013 will now become Romo-watch 2015.

In fact, Romo broke the same collarbone in Week 6 of 2010. He did not have surgery and missed the final 10 games but the team started 1-5. In 2013, the Packers star QB missed seven games with his non-surgical clavicle fracture. In 2014, then Eagles QB Nick Foles missed the final eight games of the season.

The hit Romo took was not bad, nor was the fall to the ground. What caused the injury is LB falling on the Cowboys QB as he hit ground and the same thing happened in 2010.
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Because the previous injury was five years ago, the clavicle actually healed stronger. The previous fracture is unrelated and does not create a more complicated healing process.

Read the rest:

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/monday-morning-md-quarterbacks-and-clavicles/

Incase anyone missed the link in @WoodysGirl tweet she posted earlier.
 
Our starting QB in 2013 (now starting at East Carolina) broke his non-throwing arm collarbone and missed about 6 weeks. He came back in the championship game and re-broke it. He had extra-padding but he was scoop-slammed and it just wasn't healed or strong enough.

If it truly is 8 weeks for Romo then it is 7 games. If Dallas can go 2-5 in those games, 4-5 overall, they'll have a chance once Romo returns. The NFC East looks awful.
 
fortdick said:
8 weeks, with a bye in there, is 7 games. If Weedon can go 4-3, we will be 6-3 heading into the final stretch. That will do, especially as Dez will be back about the same time.
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And Hardy and Ro come back the 5th game. Not sure when Gregory will be back. Those are good things.
 
I'm no doctor, but I broke my collarbone two years ago (badly) and had surgery.

Whilst I think it's true that having a plate in there would likely help Tony get back sooner, the wound created is quite large and would also need time to heal. Also the risk of getting an infection in that area post surgery is quite high, probably too high to warrant getting back a week or two earlier.

If it got infected he could be out even longer.

No surgery is a good thing I think, long term. It means the break isn't too bad.
 
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