Serbian power forward Boriša Simanić lost a kidney because of an injury suffered during Wednesday's win over South Sudan at the FIBA World Cup.
underwent a second surgery on Sunday"Due to changes in the vitality of the kidney tissue, the entire kidney had to be surgically removed,"Simanić appeared to sustain the injury while playing defense in the post during the World Cup game in Manila, Philippines. Video shows Simanić bend over in pain after taking an elbow to the abdomen from Sudan's Nuni Omot as Omot made a move under the basket.
Head coach Svetislav Pesic told reporters that Simanić experienced heavy bleeding, but that the surgery"ended well."."We could not have expected that such a blow could be not only painful but tragic. It's good that it's over. "The team was together all night, they were searching for extra blood because it was not possible to collect enough since Borisa was bleeding a lot. It ended well.""It was really tough for us when we heard what happened,"
."First, we didn't believe it was such a bad thing. It's really affected us. We're really praying for him that he's going to be good as soon as possible.""I heard that he ended up going to the hospital,"."My apologies, I didn't mean to make no type of a dirty play. I hope you have a speedy recovery. I pray for you, you'll be in my prayers," he said.
"I'm not a dirty player, I've never been a dirty player. From the bottom of my heart, I sincerely apologize to everyone that's watching and to the player especially."in three appearances before his injury. Serbia has played two games since Simanić's injury, a loss to Italy on Friday and a win over the Dominican Republic Sunday to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals, where it will face Lithuania on Tuesday.
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