Junior guard Caroline Doty underwent successful surgery today to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a small posterior meniscus tear in her left knee at the UConn Health Center in Farmington. The procedure, which took approximately three hours to complete, was performed by team doctor Robert Arciero.
It was the third time that Doty has been forced to have the ACL in her left knee repaired since Oct. 23, 2007. This time about one-third of the patellar tendon was taken from her right knee and inserted into the left knee to serve as the ACL.
The allograft taken from cadaver was rejected following the second surgery Jan. 22, 2009.
“She made out great,’’ said Kevin Doty, Caroline’s father. “Dr. Arciero was real pleased. No surprises. Obviously, she’s beat up and hurting like hell. But she looks good. They settled in her into the hotel now so she’s just sleeping. It’s a tough situation. I think the outcome was very positive. Hopefully, it continues to progress that way.’’
Doty, who averaged 6.8 points and 3.5 assists in 25.3 minutes last season, will miss the 2010-11 season. She has two years of eligibility remaining in her career.
Kevin Doty said that Caroline will be back in the training room Thursday to begin her rehabilitation, working toward regaining full range of motion to prevent the formation of scar tissue. He also said that because she has a full year to recover that Arciero will be even more conservative than he normally is during this particular rehabilitation process.
“Even last year the timetable was very conservative,’’ Kevin Doty said. “It was never rushed or moved up or anything like that. I guess just the psychological part of, `Hey, you know what, I’ve got a year.’ He may just say we can just make sure this thing really (takes), gives it every opportunity to totally take and heal, which being her own tendon we won’t have that rejection factor that we had to deal with with the allograft from the cadaver.’’
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