Van Basten work on the ankle: how is the former Milan like

Marco van Basten former Dutch striker of Milan, was operated on the right ankle. The intervention, carried out at the San Rossore nursing home in Pisa by the Dutch luminary Niek Van Dijk, a world -renowned specialist of foot surgery and ankle, assisted by Dr. Giulia Favilli, was built to increase the mobility of the joint and treat the constant pain deriving from a long previous traumatic condition.

The famous footballer has always suffered from the fragility Of this part of his body, as he himself tells in his autobiography entitled, in fact, ‘Marco Van Basten. Fragile’.

The words of Van Basten and the surgeon

Van Basten, a few hours after the intervention he wanted to issue a statement, first thanking Prof. Van Dijk then speaking to his audience: “Today I’m fine, I don’t feel so much painI spoke to the doctor and said everything went very well. It was not a very heavy operation. I chose the San Rossore nursing home in Pisa thanks to prof. Van Dijk, my trusted orthopedist, who suggested this structure where everything is organized very well “.

“I had to reopened because the ankle It hurt me very much. They fixed my ankle in the 1996then Prof. Van Dijk operated on me in 1998 and in 2010 he had cleaned my ankle by giving me new possibilities of movement “, said the Dutchman,” I always do some sports, it Sport is good for the mind and physique But you have to be careful not to overdo it, when you do too much sports and ask your body too much you have to understand how far you can arrive, because otherwise you will finish like me ”

Immediately after the intervention the Prof. van Dijk He said: “The movement of the movement of the ankle and foot joints of Marco Van Basten was more and more limited and painful. The intervention made itself necessary to increase the movement of the ankle and foot joints and to decrease the pain. The arthrolysis carried out in the sportsman understood the removal spurs and detached fragments. The intervention went very well and the patient was discharged even before expected. I foresee for Van Basten a Complete recovery in six weeks”.

Known for revolutionizing the surgical ankle and foot approach, prof. Van Dijk who in Italy collaborates exclusively with the San Rossore nursing home, where, last November, the Guglielmo Vicari worked on the ankle after the serious accident on the pitch, and has operated, over time, champions such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Joao Félix, Juan Carlos Navarro, Keylor Navas, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Pepe (Kéler Laveran Lima Ferreira), Marcelo Vieira, David Luiz and many other athletes and not with ankle problems. Van Dijk was president of important national and international organizations in the field of sports traumatology and ankle surgery. He is an honorary member of various international companies and associations, including Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Greek and German, arthroscopy and sports traumatology companies, it is he who consult the Champions League teams such as Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid in the event of a footballers’ injury, , Manchester United, Arsenal, Milan, Juventus, AS Roma, FC Barcelona, ​​FC Porto, SL Benfica and Ajax.

The San Rossore nursing home, once again chosen as a place of care of world excellence by doctors and patients, also confirms its vocation, interrupted since 1960, the year of its foundation, of authoritative polyspeciale center of medicine and surgery.