Tiger Woods latest | New report lists gruesome details of car crash injuries
The first responders who attended to Tiger Woods after his crash in late February detailed the golfing superstar’s gruesome injuries in a newly released incident report.
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According to the TMZ website, it’s clear the 15-time major winner was more severely injured that we initially thought.
Under the section labeled “describe injuries,” the first responders listed in graphic detail what they saw.
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“Knocked unconscious, laceration to the lower front jaw, bruised right and left rib cage, fractured right tibia and fibula, possible right ankle injury.”
Later in the report, there is more detail about the injury to Tiger Woods’ right leg – “open fracture, mid shaft on his right leg, below knee.”
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Tiger Woods was transported to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center for emergency treatment.
He was diagnosed with comminuted open fractures in his right leg, meaning the bone was shattered in at least two places and broke through the skin.
Doctors used a rod, screws and pins to stabilise the injuries.
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Tiger Woods’ doctors also noted, “trauma to the muscle and soft-tissue of the leg required surgical release of the covering of the muscles to relieve pressure due to swelling.”
Woods was eventually transferred to Cedars Sinai in the weeks following the crash and was then discharged and allowed to go home in mid-March.
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Woods has been recovering at his Florida home (one of them) and missed the ongoing 85th edition of the Masters.
Woods is a five-time winner at Augusta National.
As for his golf career, some experts believe he can make a full recovery and play again.
Others aren’t as confident.
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