light reading for those who can be bothered
A couple of things about Navicular fractures
I. Jessie Hogan is the stereotypical athlete who is likely to sustain such an injury
II. The ideal management of a Navicular stress fracture is not known.
III. If conservative treatment has a likelihood of working, most people, patients and medical personnel, opt for it, before embarking on surgical options.
IV. Surgery is not guaranteed to have a good outcome
V. If a Doctor was to suggest to the club that the ideal management of a footballer, like Jesse Hogan, was to change is role of the play to avoid "jumping, rapid cutting, and explosive movements; that frequently engage in forceful push off, with frequent and repetitive loading of the forefoot", I suspect that an alternate opinion would be rapidly sought.
VI. The retrospective management of a medical condition is easy but a waste of time if you learn nothing from it. The better assessment, in my view is "if I was given the same scenario again, would I manage it in the same way".
VII. It is interesting to speculate if different personnel in the FFC medical department would get better outcomes than what are currently being obtained. I really don't know.