Woods Treatment Hospital “Fixing ankle with screws and pins”
Woods Foundation “Woods woke up after surgery and is recovering”
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It is known that Tiger Woods of the US’Golf Emperor’, who was severely injured in a car rollover accident, regained consciousness after a major surgery to put an iron core in the shin bone.
On the 23rd (local time), the Associated Press reported that Woods had undergone long-term surgery at the Harbor-California University of Los Angeles (UCLA) medical center, a first-class trauma treatment hospital in Los Angeles (LA) County, California.
In a statement released through the Woods Twitter account, Dr. Anishi Mahajan, chief medical officer, explained that Woods’ right shin bone and calf bone were shattered and broken, and that an iron core was inserted into the shin bone to stabilize the injured area. . In addition, the foot and ankle bones were fixed with screws and pins, and the swelling of the wound was also reported to have subsided.
The Woods Foundation also said in a statement that Woods was awake after surgery and is recovering. Woods was transported to the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 9 miles (14.4 km) from the site, immediately after the car rollover accident, and underwent surgery for several hours. The Associated Press diagnosed that “Woods’ career as a golf player is full of remarkable comebacks (overcoming injuries), but this time facing the toughest recovery moment of all.”
Earlier, Woods was taken to the hospital in a rollover accident while driving a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in Los Angeles (LA) County, California, USA at 7:15 am.
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The accident car rolled over 9m on the driving road and was lying on its side on a slope next to the road, and the front part of the vehicle was completely crumpled by the impact of the accident.
After the accident, the US sports media ESPN reported that, quoting an internal source, “Woods shattered his ankle with a complex fracture of his two legs.” .
Meanwhile, Woods is known to have suffered this accident while undergoing rehabilitation after undergoing his fifth back surgery.
/ Reporter Park Woo-in [email protected]
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