Tiger Woods underwent additional follow-up proceedings Friday for injuries he sustained in a single car crash in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The procedures were performed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was transferred Wednesday night. Woods initially stayed at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center for three days three days after the crash, inserting a stick into his tibia and placing screws and pins in his foot and ankle during emergency surgery.
In a statement posted on Twitter on Friday, Woods’ account announced the additional operations.
Tiger moved to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and received follow-up procedures on his injuries this morning. The procedures were successful, and he is now recovering.
Tiger and his family would like to thank you all for the wonderful support and messages they have received over the past few days. We will have no further updates at this time.
Thank you for your continued privacy.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department indicated Tuesday that Woods would be transported to a facility other than Harbor-UCLA, a trauma center 1 in the first phase, if his life-threatening injuries were life-threatening. Instead, he landed at Harbor-UCLA for surgery on numerous serious injuries to his lower leg. The incident was decided ‘purely coincidentally’ after an investigation by the LACSD.
Officials also indicated that Tiger’s life was saved because he was wearing his seat belt and driving a 2021 Genesis SUV. The vehicle ends up hundreds of feet from a median he crossed, at the bottom of a sloping pulley on the side of the road. According to the LACSD, Woods was awake and aware of the crash scene – despite a crushed front section of his SUV – before being transported to Harbor-UCLA.
Anish Mahajan, chief medical officer of Harbor-UCLA, gave a detailed update on Tuesday night on Tiger’s surgeries after his hospitalization.
Mr. Tiger Woods was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for ongoing orthopedic care and recovery. To respect the confidentiality of patients, the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center will not provide any further information about the care of the patient. On behalf of our staff, it was an honor to provide orthopedic trauma care to one of our generation’s greatest athletes.
Dr Michael Zuri, a sports injury specialist, told CBS Sports it is likely that Woods will need additional surgery in the near and distant future as his right leg continues to heal from extensive injuries requiring screws, sticks and a fasciotomy to relieved. pressure due to swelling. “
It is still unknown how long Woods will be at Cedars-Sinai, but it will probably take a while if doctors try to reassemble the lower half of his body. This could include skin grafts to his right leg that were seriously injured. Preventing the injuries and surgical wounds from infection will be of paramount importance in the near future, and a return to his home in Florida does not appear to be.
“Learning to walk here will be a big step forward,” said Dr. David Agus, a professor of medicine at the USC, said. He was interviewed on Wednesday on CBS Sports HQ. “It’s obviously Tiger Woods. He’s going to recover from this. He will do a lot more than just walk, but it will take time.”
“He’s going to have several surgeries in the next week or two,” said Dr. Zuri said. “It is definitely of a limb threatening nature. Do I think he will lose his leg? Probably not … Next week is crucial. Infection is a major concern … I would say a month is when “I’ll know what’s going on, as long as he has no bone infection or soft tissue complication. It’s been a mess for a while.”
Woods, who will not be charged by the LACSD, was in Los Angeles to host the Genesis Invitation, which is backed by his foundation. After the tournament, he participates in a series of promotional video recordings with celebrities.
Tiger has not played professional golf since the PNC Challenge in December, which he played with his son Charlie. Woods has recovered from a fifth back operation, which he underwent a few days before Christmas.