The Marc Marquez case fuels all the debates. That of sport, that of character, of human values, but it is also beginning to animate the medical world. The battle of experts is not very far away if we judge by this media intervention by Doctor Claudio Costa. The man invented the mobile clinic and motorcycle riders therefore owe him a lot. He gives his opinion on how patient Marc Marquez was treated. And he doesn't hide the fact that he would have done otherwise...
When Marc Marquez showed up at Jerez, a few days after his operation on his fractured right humerus, to participate in the Andalusian Grand Prix, doctor Claudio costa was quite enthusiastic. And he did not throw stones, far from it, at his colleagues who had then given their discharge. We know the rest. The official Honda rode on Saturday as far as his strength allowed him before facing the facts. Then he returned home and showed that he was doing everything to return to Czech Republic Grand Prix. He probably did too much since he had to go back through the operating table. This time, it is clear that he will have to be patient.
His championship is looking bad and Honda may regret this situation in which she hardly intervened. On the medical side, the doctor Costa this time appears much less in unison with his colleagues. But it must also be said that, from the start, he had recommended the solution of a nail rather than a plate to treat the fracture. Which would have given the rider less mobility and no doubt thwarted his burning desire to get back on his bike...
Public chat Moto.it, the founder of the mobile clinic says: “ first of all, I wish Marc Márquez that everything goes well, that he can start racing again, because when he runs, he makes the fans dream, he gives great emotions. It is clear that the first intervention was done with plates and screws to avoid creating damage to the shoulder already injured by numerous previous traumas ».
“Two operations on the same point can delay the repair of this fracture”
« But once the plate did not work and was damaged at the first stress, at the first "check" in the field, I would have recommended risking putting a nail, to make a much more reliable implant of the motorcycle trauma point of view. They probably thought that with a bigger plate and more screws the implant could hold: I hope so. The nail solution is probably stored as an emergency in case of bad luck ».
On his desire to come back quickly by training hard, he specifies: “ in the sports trauma library, there is no knowledge of a humerus treated with a plate then stressed a few days after surgery : If the plaque has been damaged and displaced, this is clearly due to early healing. The nail wouldn't allow him to run and make a good impression, but, at least, he would leave things as they were. At best, Marc could not have driven, but he would not have made the situation worse. If the pilot says he wants to race, his loved ones must choose whatever is best and useful to put him in a position to do so. ».
Now the result is there. And Claudio Costa warns that we will have to pay for audacity with interest… “ He doesn't race in Brno, but I think he will also have difficulty with the two Grands Prix which will follow. Let's see if he manages to pull off a miraculous feat for the two races in Austria. Let's say that the two operations at the same point can create the conditions to delay the repair of this fracture ". To be continued…
