Dr. Evan Ellis performs knee surgery on National Basketball Association player

Evan Ellis, MD, performed knee surgery on Ibou Badji of the Portland Trailblazers in the National Basketball Association.

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The surgery was an arthroscopic patellar chondroplasty and debridement in Mr. Badji’s left knee. The operation took place on March 6 in Vancouver, Wash., according to a March 7 news release from the team.  

Dr. Ellis is a team physician for the Trailblazers and a sports medicine specialist of Rebound Orthopedics and Neurosurgery.

Mr. Badji is expected to make a complete recovery in approximately eight weeks, the release said. 

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