Accra Hearts of Oak’s Charles Taylor and Kwabena Boafo are reported to have undergone successful surgery in South Africa to heal various injuries that have limited their play.
Taylor had a partial tear in the anterior cruciate ligament and this was exacerbated by minor injuries occasioned by continued physical action. The tear created instability in the knee.
Boafo on the other hand had a torn meniscus (a meniscus is either of two specific parts of cartilage of the knee), an injury Dr Ross Potgeiter of the Family Chiropractic Centre, who assisted in the surgery described as a “classic soccer injury”. Dr Philip Webster was the main surgeon.
Dr Ross Potgeiter told allghanasoccer.com that the two players were to be kept at the hospital overnight for observation.
Taylor endured a 4-hour session while his compatriot Boafo had a shorter session of just under two hours.
They are likely to be discharged on Thursday, reverting to the City Lodge Bryanston in Johannesburg where they will stay for another ten days as doctors administer physiotherapy as a first stage in the players’ rehabilitation.
The operations were made successful through the magnanimity of former Kotoko boss, Herbert Mensah who is doling out over $30,000 for the entire programme.
Fans of Taylor who are expecting to see him back in action soon will have to wait for much longer as he will have to go into rehabilitation for six months.
Boafo is expected back in action after eight weeks.
The players travelled to South Africa three weeks ago and underwent pre-surgery assessment under the supervision of Dr Ross Potgeiter.
Dr Philip Webster was also responsible for the crucial ankle operation also sponsored by Mensah, which saved the career of Asante Kotoko’s Nana Arhin Duah in 2002.
