SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – San Francisco Giants second baseman Marco Scutaro has undergone back surgery that could end his career.
Giants general manager Brian Sabean announced during a conference call Monday that Scutaro had the fusion procedure performed by Dr. Michael Wang in Miami on Friday to alleviate the troublesome area at level L-2/L-3 of his spine. It will be four-to-six months before doctors determine whether Scutaro can play baseball again.
The 39-year-old Scutaro, the 2012 NL Championship Series MVP, played in only five games last season because of recurring back problems. He is now resting at home and will soon begin the long rehabilitation program post-surgery.
Scutaro has known he might need the operation in order to give him a quality of life even just in his day-to-day schedule off the baseball field.
”This is the type of thing, it’s four-to-six months before we can know if baseball is possible,” Sabean said.
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