NFT: Mets Mgr search and Wright Update

Mets to interview Alex Cora as part of their first round of interviews.

I think all 4 teams (Mets, Red Sox, Tigers and Phillies) with Mgr openings plan to interview Cora, but the word here in Boston is he's the odds on favorite to be the next Red Sox manager.

Also Mets related with regards to Wright, his latest back surgery was reportedly successful and a surgeon familiar with the procedure thinks this surgery can realistically lessen the pressure and pain on his back, and according to Wright the shoulder and back surgery were both in an effort to allow him to play pain free.

So, those people expecting or wanting (and many Mets fans were) Wright to retire I don't think you'll get your wish.

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...When Wright underwent a laminotomy procedure on his lower-back, his third surgery in less than two years, many fans again wondered (again) if this was the end. But Dr. Andrew Hecht, orthopedic surgeon and chief of spine surgery for the Mount Sinai Health System, said this procedure isn't the end for Wright. It's quite the opposite, in that it gives him a better chance of getting back to playing. Dr. Hecht has not treated Wright but is familiar with Dr. Robert Watkins, Wright's surgeon in Los Angeles, and has performed laminotomy procedures on several athletes, including members of the Jets and Islanders. According to Dr. Hecht, the recovery period is quick and the success rate is high. It will greatly improve Wright's chances of getting back on the field and greatly reduce the pain of spinal stenosis.....

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....He's aware of Wright's disk fusion surgery and his rotator cuff surgery, which will still take 6-9 months to rehab, and said this procedure isn't related, nor should it have any effect on his shoulder. Dr. Hecht explains it as a choice an athlete makes when they have come to the end of the conservative road with the treatment of spinal stenosis. Non-operative procedures are always preferred over going under the knife, but a laminotomy is the result of Wright having exhausted all options when it comes to the management of his spinal stenosis. "We see this quite a bit in athletes and many of them have no symptoms at all, but occasionally you see someone symptomatic, like David Wright," Dr. Hecht said. "Dr. Watkins is a terrific surgeon, just very familiar with the management of this particular problem. He had all of the conservative treatment he was going to have. He had physical therapy extensively, he had spinal injections, he had anti-inflammatories -- a lot of these things typically will get somebody out of pain and back into participation in sport. "But sometimes, despite all of the best efforts of the greatest doctors, somebody doesn't get better with conservative treatment.

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