Minotauro Nogueira's arm "fixed" with 16 screws and one titanium plate
Posted on December 19, 2011, 11:25 AM by Anton GurevichDespite early reports of not requiring a surgery, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira after all decided to go under the knife to fix the damage suffered during the UFC 140 encounter with Frank Mir. Big Nog tapped out to Frank Mir's Kimura lock not until his arm was broken in two above the elbow, in what was without a doubt one of the most gruesome injuries seen inside the UFC Octagon.
Big Nog’s right arm required 16 screws and a titanium plate, as the thirty-five year old veteran sets himself on a 6-month recovery track. Nogueira is expected to return sometime inside June, with sights on continuing his illustrious Mixed Martial Arts career.
Here's the report as it was posted on nogueirabrothers.com.br:
Big Nog, who received a 60-day medical suspension last Tuesday, had 16 screws inserted into his arm when he underwent surgery on Saturday.
"Mr. Nogueira suffered a complex fracture to his humerus," Dr. Tom R. Hackett wrote on the Nogueira brothers' blog (Nogueirabrothers.com.br). "The fracture began in the middle of the bone and extended to the elbow region. Unfortunately, the radial nerve [one of the main nerves lending a feeling of power to the hands] was damaged. The nerve is located in the area of the fracture, and the bone compressed it. Before the operation, he had very little strength in his hand and no strength whatsoever in his thumb.
"The operation involved an incision behind the arm. The nerve was removed from the location of the fracture and treated. The fracture was fixed with a plate and 16 screws, and now, less than 12 hours post-op, his hand functions are returning and the bone is mending.
"If all goes well, he'll be back to full training in the coming months and should be 100% to fight in six months or less. We foresee him making a complete and full recovery."
Comments
titanium eh....why not tungsten?
Huh? Virtually all of these plates and screws are always titanium. It is realtively inert in the body and very strong under torque/pressure. Tungsten is in lightbulb filaments.
I went to the link provided:
http://www.nogueirabrothers.com.br/wp-nb/?p=752
It just says "a plate and 16 screws" I think Anton inferred that it was titanium. Due to general misconception that they always use Ti for surgical implants.
Forget Tungsten/Titanium, they should have gotten rid of most of the arm and put a cyber arm.
Cyber Nog 2013 HW Champ
Huh No they are not. For this type of fixture they normally use a stainless alloy. The first thing that popped in my head when i saw this was why titanium? And i got to call bs on the six month thing. It will take at least three months for the edema in his forearm to clear up. If he is lucky he may have full range of motion in six months. Six months are these the same doctors that said he didnt need sugery?
I have titanium plates in my neck from a fracture. It allows you to have MRI's and pass through metal detectors without a hitch.
The 6 months is possible but I have to agree that sounds a little optimistic. I've got two plates and about that many screws in my forearm from a break when I was a little kid and that took about 4 months to heal. But then again little kids heal much faster and this is a different bone and I really don't know what the hell I'm talking about.
yea, you could have left out the kid stuff and got away with it.....8P
ok, who are you sending your bill too? By the way give me your e-mail incase I snap somethin off.
what a hard bastard...
were you his nurse?
its great to hear big nog will be back, a thought mir was going to win but not in that fashion. He might have took him out if he dident jump on that neck what a fight, what a ending !
it was rumored that Mir told his corder that he was out cold for a second and when he came up to his senses again he was rolling with nog on the ground.....Minotauro was stupid and it cost him the fight and maybe his career...He had the fight and was looking fuk**ing sharp that day...mabye the best we ever saw him...what a shame.
Wow, this is the second metal plate and screw set that Mir caused to be inserted into an opponent's arm- first Big Tim, now Big Nog... do you think he's working on some kind of commission arrangement with someone in the medical community?
Seriously, I think anyone fighting Mir in the next year or two will be ready to tap- even prematurely- to avoid a similar fate. In the fight with Hardonk (who I've trained with) he really gave him a nice cushion of time to tap without going hog wild with that kimura. I guess with the other two opponents there was a much higher sense of urgency- and understandably so.
They need to learn to tap....
If mentioning that you train with a guy isn't relevant to the comment then it is just name dropping.
No, it was relevant because he finished Antony with a kimura as well... it's just he gave him plenty of time to tap- and he even asked if his arm was OK when they were getting up. Antony told me he was surprised that he didn't tear his arm off.
Big Tim?... sounds like you know him on a personal note..
Doesn't sound "fixed" to me.
Big Nog, now has 2 bionic limbs, not just 1. His return is inevitable, and it will be probably towards then end of 2012, around the time the world is supposed to end. Is this a coincidence, i think not.
Newly Redesigned Bionic Cyborg Super Nog Model 2 will come back and ran sack the UFC HW division (as long as he finishes the fight by TKO when he has the chance and doesnt go for some stupid ass guillotine choke). Then he will take over the world, taking everyone's soul who stands in his path.
Getting your arm broke like a boss!!
To all the guys who thought he wouldnt need surgery....LMAO that was some silly talk.
Grow some pubes
I take it you thought he wouldnt need surgery. 8P
"WE foresee him making a full recovery"...I foresee him tapping next time.
big nog is a tough sob, id like to see mir fight brock in a rubber match and break his head.
Nog could have avoided all this. Shows you what folly pride can lead to. should have tapped. He deserves all the sufferance he is currently under.
16 screws in your arm, next time think about tapping, much less hassle!