The surgeon who operated on Arsenal team-mate Eduardo
believes Aaron Ramsey will make a full recovery from the broken leg
he suffered at Stoke.
The 19-year-old midfielder sustained fractures to the tibia and
fibula in his right leg following a tackle from Ryan Shawcross and
underwent successful surgery on Saturday evening.
Khalid Baloch was the consultant trauma surgeon at Selly Oak
hospital in Birmingham when Eduardo broke his leg in similar
circumstances following a crunching tackle from Martin Taylor.
Eduardo made a return to action after a year on the sidelines
and Baloch, who has only seen pictures of Ramsey's injury, believes
the Wales international faces a similar rehabilitation.
"I expect it is deja vu for Arsenal's staff and will bring back
memories for them. If you look at the pictures it is similar to
where Eduardo was holding his leg," Baloch told the Daily
Mirror.
"The Arsenal physios and doctors have seen this before though
and it will be fresh in their minds.
"I expect eventually Ramsey will have the same type of intensive
rehab and play again. Arsenal's physios did a great job with
Eduardo.
He added: "There were some similarities with Eduardo and a leg
break is usually six to nine months out.
"The mechanism of the injury is obviously similar with two
players getting involved in a tackle and one player's foot hits the
other's leg.
"Whenever any break has a significant bend in it, as his did,
there is a possibility for a compound fracture but it is hard to
tell if that happened to Ramsey as well."