Adelaide Crows key forward Taylor Walker, on crutches outside AAMI Stadium. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: The Advertiser
ADELAIDE club doctor Andrew Potter has hosed down fears Taylor Walker's body might reject the donated tissue in his reconstructed knee, saying the risk is "a five-percenter".
Walker had surgery on Monday night to repair the ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and damaged lateral collateral ligament in his right knee.
The lateral ligament was repaired with tissue from a dead donor, while the ACL used Walker's own hamstring.
Potter yesterday declared the surgery a success and said the risk that the foreign tissue would not take was "minor".
"I don't think that (rejection) is likely to be a problem at all," Potter said.
"There's been a lot talked about the donated tissue (being rejected) and, really, that's a five percenter.
"He's had some repair to the torn lateral side of the joint and it's a bit like putting a bit of steel reinforcing rod in concrete - you just put a bit of reinforcement in to bolster that ligament so that it gives him some extra support.
"But the possibility of rejection is minor. It's not like having a kidney transplant or a heart transplant, where you have rejection (risks). And this is standard procedure for this particular injury."
Potter said Walker would remain in hospital until late this week, but expected the star forward would be walking with crutches in two to three weeks. "There were no complications," he said.
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