Good news. Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro linebacker James Harrison underwent successful back surgery on Monday, a week after he was scheduled to go under the knife. Harrison came down with a fever last Monday which forced the operation to be moved back until today.
↵↵↵ ↵ ↵Dr. Joseph Maroon performed what's known as a discectomy to remove a piece of herniated disc off a nerve that had been bothering Harrison all season.
↵"Everything went great," said Bill Parise, his agent. "the consensus was no one could figure out how he could play through the season. It was significant but textbook. The surgery went exactly as they wanted it to. James' recovery should be complete."
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