The Portland Trail Blazers announced on Friday that center Greg Oden will undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his right knee in Vail, CO, today to remove debris. Oden had microfracture surgery on his right knee in September 2007.
Update: The team announced this afternoon that the procedure was "successful."
Oden's most recent injuries have been to his left knee. Odenunderwent microfracture surgery on his left knee在2010年11月之后fracturing his left patellain December 2009.
周五，开拓者表演通用汽车乍得·布坎南（Chad Buchanan）在周五告诉Blazersedge，他的左膝盖也可以接受类似的手术。
布坎南说：“这是一种可能性。在接下来的几天里，他有可能会在左膝盖上接受类似的手术。”“这要确定。医生感觉就像在两次膝盖的最新MRI之后一样，他们想仔细看一下这两件事。这仍然是在他的左膝盖上确定的。”
The Blazersannounced back in Decemberthat they were "hopeful, but less confident" that Oden would be able to return to the court this season because he had suffered a "setback." There is no set timetable for his return.In early January布坎南说，奥登正在康复中“迈出下一步”。
”他的timeline, he's still considered out indefinitely," Buchanan said on Friday. "There's really no timetable at this point. We're going to kind of listen to the doctors after they get in there and look at his right knee today and then listen to what they feel needs to be done and what the timetable for his return may be. It would be purely speculation until we get more information from the doctors."
Marc Stein的ESPN.comreported in Decemberthat Oden had agreed to renegotiate his $8.8 million qualifying offer down to $1.5 million after the setback was announced.A reportby杰森·迅速的The Oregonianindicated that the setback was related to a non-weight bearing ligament in his left knee.
Buchanan said that the issue leading to Friday's procedure "was just one of the possibilities" and not necessarily the setback described in the team's December press release.
在两个膝盖上这些潜在的关节镜手术后，他还没有排除ODEN的进一步手术或程序。
"It's hard to eliminate anything at this point," he said.
Buchanan said he "didn't know for sure" whether Friday's procedure on the right knee was a direct result of the 2007 microfracture surgery or not.
"He's increased some of his activity level, the doctors aren't really sure what is the direct reason for it," Buchanan said. "It would just be speculation on our part to try to pinpoint."
Oden will be an unrestricted free agent this summer.
"Greg had some good days and some bad days like anybody returning from injury and we're going to listen to the doctors as to what they advise for Greg," Buchanan said. "We're going to continue to support him and stand by him through this. We knew this was a possibility when we signed Greg at the beginning of the year, as did Greg, so it is a setback but we were prepared that it could be a possibility."
24岁的奥登（Oden）自2007年NBA选秀中被选为第一顺位以来，已经参加了82场比赛，自2009年12月以来就没有参加比赛。奥登（Oden）的职业平均水平为9.4分，7.3个篮板和每场比赛1.4个盖帽。。
Update: The following message was posted on Oden'sFacebook page, as noted byphilthebballplayerin the FanShots。
I'm sure you've all heard the news by now that I'm having a scope on my knee today. Unfortunately after months of intense rehab and training, the doctors discovered that a scope is necessary at this time. Thankfully this should be a quick recovery and I'll be back to training soon. I'm committed as ever to doing everything and anything to get back on the court and be a part of the team's success. Thanks for all the support, your well-wishes are much-appreciated. Good luck to my teammates this weekend!
-- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter
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