Taylor Walker goes off injured after wrecking his knee. Picture: Wayne Ludbey. Source: Herald Sun
INJURED Crows forward Taylor Walker on Monday is expected to have the tendon of a dead person grafted to his damaged right knee.
This is to repair lateral collateral ligament damage (LCL) to the joint.
At the same time, Walker will have the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rebuilt with a traditional graft from a hamstring.
The LCL also can be rebuilt with a graft from Walker's hamstring, but adelaidenow understands the Crows already have sourced a tendon from a donor clinic in Queensland.
The Adelaide Football Club medicos today refused to detail the procedure citing patient confidentiality.
However, Walker already has put the process on public record by saying on radio "I'm actually going to get an allograft for my lateral ligament which I've torn as well, so someone that's passed away, I get a ligament from them."
Adelaide football operations chief Phil Harper told adelaidenow: "It is not an unusual procedure. It is quite a standard procedure with knee injuries and has been done before several times.
"Taylor has consulted two surgeons. They are both of the same opinion. They are both extremely confident it will work."
Walker will have to spend 12 months out of AFL football to recuperate.
Walker's season - in which he carried the hopes of the Adelaide attack after the defection of fellow key forward Kurt Tippett to Sydney - ended after an awkward landing on the MCG last Saturday.
Walker's leadership - that has drawn the praise of his teammates - will not be lost as Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson wants to keep Walker involved in the Crows' campaign this season.
"We'll get Tex doing some opposition analysis stuff when he's ready," Sanderson said.
"Tex will be back. He's got another seven or eight good years ahead of him. The next game he plays will be at Adelaide Oval, which will be something for him to look forward to. It's a setback a lot of players have had to go through during their careers.
"There's no reason he can't bounce back and be an even better player than what he was."
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