PlayerProfiler Fantasy Football Podcast Network on Sam LaPorta

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From the episode

he had a herniated disc in his lumbar spine... he was having some pain and inner numbness tingling that was going on his leg... a lumber lumbar micro disectomy... there is around an eight to 14% re herniation risk or a reoperation risk.

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Laporta underwent lumbar microdiscectomy surgery for a herniated disc in his lumbar spine that was causing pain, numbness, and tingling in his leg. While the surgery itself has favorable historical comps like Rob Gronkowski, there is an 8-14% re-herniation or reoperation risk.