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Hawks’ Muscala has nose surgery (updated)

By Chris Vivlamore
June 11, 2015

Hawks center Mike Muscala underwent nose surgery on Wednesday, the player announced on social media.

Muscala posted a picture of himself before the procedure on Twitter. He said in his post that doctors believe he suffered several broken noses in the past.

Muscala told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday that the surgery was successful and there will be a two-week recovery period.

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