Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Cena on the shelf

World Wrestling Entertainment's biggest star, John Cena, underwent surgery today for a herniated disc in his neck.

The prosedure was performed by Dr. Joseph Maroon, Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Team Neurosurgeon for the Pittsburgh Steelers and WWE medical director.

The surgery was deemed a success and Cena should be able to return in two to four months.

Cena was feeling numbness in one his hands before Saturday's Madison Square Garden show and an MRI revealed the herniated disc. It was originally feared he would have to have fusion surgery which would have kept him out over a year. Instead, Maroon removed a fragment from Cena's spinal cord that was blocking a nerve.

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