"Lindsey Vonn has undergone her fifth surgery following her terrifying Olympic downhill crash in Cortina d'Ampezzo earlier this month-this one back at home in Colorado. The 41-year-old ski racer returned to Colorado three days ago. "Made it through surgery... it took a bit more than 6 hours to complete," Vonn wrote on Instagram. "As you can see, it required a lot of plates and screws to put back together but Dr Hackett did an incredible job. Thank you Dr Viola for the surgery assist as well!!""
"The X-ray she shared shows multiple metal plates and numerous screws spanning her left tibia-the result of a complex fracture sustained during her February 8 crash. After the accident in Cortina, Vonn underwent four surgeries in Italy before doctors deemed her stable enough for transport back to Colorado. She returned to the U.S. still fitted with an external fixator-an "X-fix" frame that stabilizes shattered bone fragments through pins inserted into the leg."
Lindsey Vonn returned to Colorado three days ago and underwent a six-hour operation — her fifth surgery — to remove an external fixator and permanently reconstruct her shattered left tibia using internal plates and screws. The X-ray displays multiple metal plates and numerous screws spanning the tibia to restore structural stability and joint integrity after a complex fracture sustained during the February 8 downhill crash in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Prior to transport home she had four surgeries in Italy and returned to the U.S. still fitted with an external fixator that stabilized bone fragments through pins. Dr. Tom Hackett led the reconstruction; postoperative recovery remains challenging and hospital discharge is pending.
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