The French forward decided not to undergo surgery. It is unknown when he will be medically cleared to play. He would return for decisive instances.
When will you play again? Kylian Mbappé in the Euro 2024? After the broken nose suffered by the captain of the soccer team Frenchtwo doctors pointed out different possible scenarios for a return of the goalscorer of France to the competition.
“The septum was clearly displaced. Even recovered, it is still fragile. Complete healing is considered in six weeks,” he analyzed. Jean-Pierre Pacletformer doctor of the French team in the 1990s and 2000s, in dialogue with the agency AFP. He considered it “difficult” to precisely determine a return date, but noted two conditions. The first is breathing. “The secondary phenomena that appear during the accident, that is, the swelling of the nose due to the hematoma and the bleeding must stop,” he explained.
Along the same lines, he spoke Jacques Saboye, plastic surgeon in Toulouse and member of the French facial surgeons association. “The problem is ventilation. An athlete who is used to breathing through the nose cannot spend 90 minutes breathing through the mouth,” he explained.
Avoiding risks, key for Kylian Mbappé
Jean-Pierre Paclet insisted on the need to avoid any risk to Kylian Mbappé during the training. “Wearing a custom-made mask would shorten the return time, guaranteeing almost zero risk of aggravation of the injury, although it may partially impair the field of vision,” the doctor estimated.
The forward of France He is not the first player to have suffered a broken nose. Jean-Pierre Paclet recalled the injury of the defender and captain of Japan in 2002, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto. Injured on May 25, he was able to play in the opening match of the World Cup, on June 4, with a mask.
A protocol you know well Jacques Saboye. “I already operated on the nose of a high-level player. Three weeks later he was able to play in the European Cup final,” he explained, without revealing the player’s name. Others were even able to return earlier. The Hispanic-Brazilian Diego Costa he did it in two days in 2016; last April, the Polish goalkeeper of Juventus, Wojciech Szczesnyonly needed six days to return to the playing fields this year, without a mask.
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