The accident vehicle that Tiger Woods was on [사진=로이터 연합뉴스]
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“Golf Emperor” Tiger Woods of the United States, who suffered an injury in which his leg bones were shattered in a car rollover accident, said, “I am recovering from a successful operation and I am in a good mood,” he said on Twitter on the 26th (local time).
On Woods’ Twitter account, “Tiger and his family want to thank you all for the great support and messages they have received over the past few days.”
On the morning of the 23rd, Woods suffered an accident in which the car overturned while driving a Hyundai Motor Vehicle’s Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV)’Genesis GV80′ in Los Angeles County, California.
The police said, “The intact interior of the vehicle served as a cushion, allowing Woods to survive.”
Due to the accident, Woods suffered a’crushed open fracture’ in which several parts of the right leg bone were shattered and the broken bone tore the skin and protruding, and an iron core was inserted to fix the shin and calf bones, and the foot and ankle bones were screwed for surgery. I underwent surgery to stabilize with a pin
“These cores and screws could be permanent, and for the time being, Woods will not be able to move,” the medical staff said.
CNN reported that Woods’ new hospital was a networked place in partnership with facilities famous for sports rehabilitation.
After the accident, Woods underwent bone fracture joint surgery at the Harbor-California University of Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, a first-class trauma treatment hospital, but moved to Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles on the 25th.
Reporter Chae Sun-hee [email protected]
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