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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
For Porter, it is likely good news, long-term. That said, there isn't a ton of evidence that shows that microdiscectomies offer any long-term benefit over rest and rehab, as the body resorbs the herniation over time, but this will get him back to 100% quicker.
**** you, sports God, you ****ing ****.
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The problem is that the herniation has weakened the wall and it will absolutely happen again.
The microdiscectomy is presumably to allow the bulge to happen a little bit without the nerves being pinched/inflamed. That should theoretically allow it to bother him less frequently, but he'll need to be careful still because if he tries to play on it and tweaks it wrong, it's gonna go completely haywire and no discectomy is going to solve that. Worse for him, as he ages, he may need it fused; way down in the lumbar for a dude that tall is going to take quite a bit of strain. If he's already having bulging disc issues at 19 years old, it's not going to get better for him.
Just as was the case when Poe went down with his herniated disc and needed surgery, I'm going to have to assume that this will be a long-term, lingering issue for a 6'10'' dude until proven otherwise.