Dr. Zarin weighs in on uncommon circumstances or special planning for people the size of the former NBA star center.
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LOS ANGELES — NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been hospitalized after suffering a broken hip when he fell at a concert in Los Angeles, his representative Deborah Morales told multiple outlets Saturday.
Abdul-Jabbar, 76, was taken to UCLA Hospital on Friday night after falling at the undisclosed event and was slated to undergo surgery Saturday, according to Morales. No other details about his condition were released.
Morales said Abdul-Jabbar was “deeply appreciative” of the Los Angeles Fire Department, which treated him at the scene, and the “amazing medical team and doctors at UCLA Hospital who are taking great care of [him].”
“Where the break actually happens can affect where the surgery is going to be. So if his break was higher up, sometimes its a hip replacement-type of surgery and if it lower down, sometimes it’s a rod, plates or screws.”
“Tall people have big bones and so depending on what the injury was, would require, sometimes, special implants or planning ahead to make sure that the right sizes (of implants) are available for someone his size.”
