Overview
- Vonn said a fourth operation is scheduled Saturday in Treviso, with a possible fifth after she returns to the United States, and she hopes to leave the hospital following the next procedure.
- She has already undergone three surgeries for a complex left tibial fracture suffered 13 seconds into the downhill before being airlifted from the course.
- Doctors have stabilized her leg with an external fixator, and she remains largely immobile at Ca’ Foncello Hospital in Treviso.
- French knee specialist Dr. Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet warned that walking could take months and that similar injuries can, in rare cases, result in amputation or lifelong effects.
- The crash came days after a Jan. 30 rupture of her left ACL, and her father, Alan Kildow, has publicly urged that this end her competitive skiing career.