Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Mark Ellis was placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday following emergency surgery to remove pressure on his left leg that will keep him hospitalized until the middle of next week. He is expected to be out for at least six weeks.Ellis initially stayed in Friday night's game against the St. Louis Cardinals after being taken out of a double play by a hard -- but, by all accounts, clean -- slide by the Cardinals' Tyler Greene in the seventh inning. Ellis finished that inning, then led off the bottom half, but was removed at the start of the eighth and sent for X-rays, which were negative, and Ellis said after the game he was fine.But by the time Ellis arrived at the ballpark on Saturday, he was in extreme discomfort and had noticeable swelling in the lower leg."He was sent to the hospital, and testing showed elevated pressure in several compartments of the lower leg," Dodgers trainer Sue Falsone said. "There was trauma to the area where everything kind of swells up, so you have to open up the fascia and basically release that pressure. They will keep an eye on it and most likely close that wound up on Tuesday." Source: ESPN
I heard about this on the Rays pregame show. Had to cut an 8 inch incision to release the pressure. WOW.
