Times Of Swaziland: ‘SIKHALI’ RULED OUT UNTIL NEXT  SEPTEMBER

‘SIKHALI’ RULED OUT UNTIL NEXT  SEPTEMBER
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BY SABELO GWEBU on 15/11/2017 01:36:00


MBABANE – It is no cause for panic but gangling Mbabane Swallows and Sihlangu
striker Sabelo ‘Sikhali’ Ndzinisa will be out of action until September
2018.
Classified information after the game-a-goal forward latest check-up revealed he
can only start playing football next season, September to be precise.
‘Sikhali’, who was recently named in a 30-man shortlist for the CAF Player
of the Year based in Africa, suffered a head injury during Swallows’ opening
game of the season in the SwaziTelecom Charity Cup against bitter sworn rivals
Mbabane Highlanders and had a craniotomy surgery performed on him two months
ago.
The operation, the most complex and delicate to be done on a player locally, was
successful and the 25-year-old is currently recovering at home under strict
hospital restrictions. The surgery, done at Manzini Clinic, cost his team an arm
and a leg, with Swallows incurring close to E400 000 in medical bills. A
craniotomy is the surgical removal of part of the bone from the skull to expose
the brain.
Specialised tools are used to remove the section of bone called the bone flap.
The bone flap is temporarily removed, then replaced after the brain surgery has
been done. Some craniotomy procedures may use the guidance of computers and or
magnetic resonance imaging or computerised tomography scans to reach the precise
location within the brain that is to be treated. This technique requires the use
of a frame placed onto the skull or a frameless system using superficially
placed markers or landmarks on the scalp.
“The player will not be available in the field of play until next September.
Its precaution really but until September, progress in recovery is expected like
light training, starting to use weights and the likes,” the impeccable source
said as he revealed the chronology of the recovery process.
Swallows General Manager Sandile ‘Beyond 2000’ Zwane said they were yet to
get latest updates from the team doctor Samkeliso Mdluli.