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Overview
- The 2010 Olympic downhill champion detailed complex fractures of the left tibia, fibula and tibial plateau from her Feb. 8 crash at Cortina.
- She said surgeon Tom Hackett performed a fasciotomy in a six-hour operation that relieved compartment syndrome and averted amputation.
- After roughly two weeks of hospital care in Italy and the United States, including multiple procedures, she has shifted to rehabilitation.
- Vonn said she is in a wheelchair for now and expects to move to crutches within weeks, likely using them for at least two months.
- She plans to decide on hardware removal and ACL reconstruction only after full bone healing, following a comeback that produced seven World Cup podiums in eight races.