“Jalil Elías’ Feasibility to Play with Fractured Nose and Head Trauma in San Lorenzo’s Decisive Match Against Fortaleza: Insights from Specialists”

2023-04-19 00:37:37

Beyond the good performance of San Lorenzo in the Professional League, all eyes are on the duel next Thursday at 7:00 p.m. once morest Fortaleza, in what seems to be a decisive match for the Cyclone’s aspirations, which started on the right foot beating Estudiantes de Mérida in Venezuela by 1-0. In this scenario, the possibility that Jalil Elías might start is what keeps Boedo in suspense, taking into account that on Sunday night he suffered a fracture of his own nasal bones and head trauma, without loss of consciousness.

“Look, I’m here on Thursday, eh”, the midfielder told Caruzzo, as stated by the manager himself on DSports Radio. For this reason, the San Lorenzo medical department sent this Monday the statement to Conmebol of the remedies (pain-relievers – corticosteroids) that they applied to him at the wheel in Cordoba due to the fracture in the septum he suffered so that they would enable him to play. Regardless of the authorization, they are going to wait until the last moment to evaluate him and see if he is really ready to play. In addition, an important piece of information is that Roca Sánchez was sent off in Venezuela and Insúa’s team may not have their two central midfielders for the cup duel.

But while caution reigns in the Cyclone, who is already concentrated waiting for the game: What does the medicine say? Is it feasible to play in the conditions that Elias might? For this reason, SLP spoke with two plastic surgery specialists to give their opinions.

Jorge Achinelli
M.N. 75.806
Plastic Surgeon specializing in Maxillo-Facial Surgery

It is not completely safe to play with the mask, since in the event of another trauma to the area (which by definition is not a helmet) it might move and the force be transferred to the nose. Regarding the head trauma suffered, the fact that it was not with loss of consciousness, and if no injury or neurological deficit was found, it is something positive thinking regarding him going out on the field. Forgetting any risk and thinking regarding the health of the person and the player, he might just restart training in two weeks and play with friction, in a month.

Franklin Cepeda, Plastic Surgeon, MN 159097
IG: franklincepeda_cirugiaplastica

Head trauma is a very general term that we doctors use to say a blow to the head and it can be mild or severe, but in this case it can be assumed that it is mild because there was no loss of consciousness. ANDIn terms of the nose fracture, it takes at least 7 days to heal and it takes regarding 30 45 days to recover the solidity it had before the fracture. Eye, It would also be necessary to see how fractured the nose is. Because it can be something small without importance, as well as if the nasal pyramid has been displaced it doesn’t make it to thursday. If it is something small, calmly with a mask you can play, obviously it’s going to hurt and if by bad luck they hit him once more they can make the fracture worse.


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