Luis Muñoz, successfully operated on for his cruciate ligament tear

Luis Muñoz starts from scratch in his career to come back stronger than ever. The Malaga midfielder has undergone surgery at the CEMTRO clinic in Madrid, with total success, by doctors Manuel Leyes, María González and Abel Gómez (member of the club's medical team) of an injury to his left knee. Anterior cruciate ligament tear. The estimated recovery time is between seven and eight months.

The medical team led by Dr. Laws has already intervened Iván Calero and Pablo Chavarría. The first has played a few minutes and the second is about to return to the pitch.

The footballer was injured during the team's training session at La Rosaleda on Thursday, September 30.During the intervention, which lasted approximately two hours, the technique known as HTH (Bone-Tendon-Bone) was applied to the injured joint.

Doctor Laws

The doctor. Manuel Leyes has more than 15 years of experience as specialist in Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery. Throughout these years he has focused his professional activity on the treatment of sports injuries, with special dedication to shoulder, knee and ankle surgery. Together with his team, he performs a great care activity with an annual average of more than 1,100 surgeries and 20,000 consultations. He is currently a Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery Consultant at the CEMTRO Clinic, in Madrid.

As established in the medical protocol, Luis Muñoz will rest between 24 and 48 hours before being discharged from the hospital.