Published on : 17/03/2021 – 02:47
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After injuring his leg in a car accident on February 23, and having undergone a long operation, the American Tiger Woods returned home to continue his recovery, he announced Tuesday. It remains to be seen when he can resume golf.
Tiger Woods, the golf superstar hospitalized since February 23, the date of the car accident that seriously injured his right leg, announced on Tuesday that he had returned home to Florida, where he is continuing his recovery.
“I am happy to report that I have returned home and continuing my recovery there. I am so grateful for the many supports and encouragement received over the past few weeks,” Tiger Woods wrote on his Twitter account. “Thank you to the amazing surgeons, doctors, nurses and staff at Harbor-UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Centers, you all took great care of me and I cannot thank you enough. I will recover at home and try to get stronger every day, ”he added.
In the early hours of February 23, Woods seriously injured his right leg after losing control of the car he was driving and rolling several times on a steep, crash-prone road near Los Angeles.
Uncertainty about the rest of his career
He underwent extensive surgery at the Harbor-UCLA trauma center, located south of Los Angeles, in particular for multiple open fractures in his right leg which required inserting a metal rod into the tibia and screws to consolidate the bones of the patient. foot and ankle. Three days later, he was transferred to Cedars-Sinai where he has since continued his orthopedic care and convalescence.
According to the policeman who discovered the injured but conscious champion in his badly damaged car, Tiger Woods “was very lucky to make it out alive”.
Back operated for the fifth time in early January, he was already not sure of being able to compete in the Masters in April where he would have been looking for a 15th Grand Slam title. Since then, the serious accident of which he was the victim has cast a veil on the rest of his career.
With AFP
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