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Second opinion Lindros has concussion after all, will miss 4-6 weeks
Posted: Wednesday March 22, 2000 10:24 PM
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia Flyers star Eric Lindros will miss the rest of the regular season and at least one round of the NHL playoffs while he recovers from his fourth concussion in two years. Lindros was diagnosed with a concussion that was more serious than originally thought and will be sidelined four to six weeks, a Flyers spokeswoman said. Lindros was unavailable for comment. The 27-year-old center was hospitalized March 15 for treatment of recurring headaches after he was hit in the jaw by Boston's Hal Gill on March 4. Lindros underwent tests on his brain, and played four more games. He missed a March 13 game at Phoenix before being hospitalized two days later. He had been barred from practicing or playing pending another examination. Dr. James Kelly, a neurologist at Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago, examined Lindros on Tuesday and concluded he had a Grade II concussion, which can cause memory loss and require a longer recovery time. Last week, Flyers team physician Jeff Hartzell said Lindros had a Grade I concussion, the least-severe category. Dr. Stephen Silberstein, a neurologist with the Headache Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, said that Lindros had made his headaches worse by taking excessive amounts of painkillers. The concussion was Lindros' fourth since March 1998. His younger brother, Brett, was forced to retire from the NHL in 1996 after sustaining three concussions with the New York Islanders and an undetermined number in junior play. Last year, Lindros missed the final seven games of the regular season and the playoffs because of a collapsed right lung.
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