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Former Japan midfielder Atsuhiro Miura recovering after facial fractures
Former Japan midfielder Atsuhiro Miura was badly injured during a football event in Nagasaki on October 11.
He was taken to hospital after a collision during a match at Nagasaki Stadium City, then moved to a hospital in Kobe.
Doctors found fractures to his cheekbone and jaw, while tests found no brain injury.
A six-hour, 15-minute operation took place on October 21, with plates used to hold parts of his cheekbone in place.
His jaw is wired shut while the bones heal, so he cannot yet eat solid food.
Miura says he is recovering but is worried about numbness on the right side of his face and whether it will return to normal.
He says he may soon be able to leave hospital, though no discharge date has been set.
Former Japan midfielder Atsuhiro Miura says he is recovering after suffering fractures to his cheekbone and jaw during an event in Nagasaki.
He was injured on October 11 during a halftime game at a stadium’s second-anniversary event and was taken to hospital by ambulance.
Miura underwent surgery lasting six hours and 15 minutes on October 21 and remains in hospital in Kobe.
His jaw is wired while the bones heal, so he cannot yet eat solid food.
He says he is recovering but is worried about numbness on the right side of his face and whether his face will return to normal.
- Who
- Atsuhiro Miura, a former Japan national team midfielder.
- What
- He suffered facial fractures and is recovering after surgery.
- When
- He was injured on October 11 and had surgery on October 21. He posted an update on November 4.
- Where
- The injury occurred at Nagasaki Stadium City in Nagasaki; he is being treated at Kobe University Hospital in Kobe.
- Why
- He was hurt in a collision during a halftime game at an event marking the stadium’s second anniversary.
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Miura was injured during a halftime game at a second-anniversary event at Nagasaki Stadium City and was taken to hospital by ambulance.
Unable to travel by plane, he returned to Kobe by train and Shinkansen and was admitted to Kobe University Hospital.
He underwent surgery lasting six hours and 15 minutes.
Miura posted his first update since the injury, saying he was recovering and that his discharge date had not been set.
- Age
- 52
- Injury date
- October 11
- Injury site
- Nagasaki Stadium City, Nagasaki
- Surgery
- Six hours and 15 minutes on October 21
- Hospital
- Kobe University Hospital, Kobe
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What people are saying
The injury this time caused the worst pain I have ever experienced, and it lasted a long time.
I was so anxious about whether this broken face would really return to how it was before.
I can’t eat solid food yet because my upper and lower jaws are wired together until the jawbone sets, but I am definitely recovering.