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(LaPresse) - La sciatrice americana Lindsey Vonn racconta di aver quasi perso la gamba sinistra in seguito a un terribile incidente nella discesa libera femminile alle Olimpiadi di Milano-Cortina. Lunedì Vonn ha rivelato in un post su Instagram che le sue ferite andavano ben oltre la complessa frattura della tibia, inizialmente dolorosa, dopo aver urtato una porta ed essere uscita di pista dopo soli 13 secondi dall'inizio della sua discesa, l'8 febbraio. La 41enne Vonn ha affermato che il trauma causato dall'incidente le ha causato una sindrome compartimentale alla gamba. La sindrome compartimentale comporta un accumulo di pressione eccessiva all'interno di un muscolo, dovuto a sanguinamento o gonfiore. L'alta pressione limita il flusso sanguigno e può portare a lesioni permanenti se non trattata tempestivamente. «Quando si subisce un trauma così grave in una zona del corpo che il sangue si accumula e si blocca, fondamentalmente schiacciando tutto», ha detto Vonn. La campionessa americana ha ringraziato il Dott. Tom Hackett, chirurgo ortopedico che lavora per Vonn e il Team USA, per aver eseguito una fasciotomia per salvare la sua gamba. «L'ha aperta e l'ha lasciata respirare, e mi ha salvata», ha detto. Vonn ha sottolineato che Hackett era a Cortina solo perché lei stava gareggiando dopo essersi rotta il legamento crociato anteriore del ginocchio sinistro poco prima delle Olimpiadi. «Se non l'avessi fatto, Tom non sarebbe stato lì (e lui) non sarebbe stato in grado di salvarmi la gamba», ha detto Vonn, che ha dichiarato di essere stata dimessa dall'ospedale, si è anche rotta la caviglia destra nell'incidente.

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00:00Well, guys, after two weeks, I finally made it out of the hospital.
00:04It has been quite the journey and by far the most extreme and painful and challenging injury I've ever faced
00:14in my entire life, times 100.
00:18I'll give you the full rundown.
00:21Basically, I had a complex tibia fracture.
00:24I also factored my fibular head, my tibial plateau, just kind of everything was in pieces.
00:33And the reason why it was so complex was because I had compartment syndrome.
00:40And compartment syndrome is when you have so much trauma to one area of your body that there's too much
00:47blood and it gets stuck.
00:49And it basically crushes everything in the compartment.
00:53So all the muscle and nerves and tendons, it all kind of dies.
01:00And Dr. Tom Hackett saved my leg.
01:04He saved my leg from being amputated.
01:07He did what's called a fasciotomy where he cut open like both sides of my leg, kind of fellated open,
01:14so to speak.
01:17He let it breathe and, um, he saved me.
01:22And, you know, I always talk about everything happens for a reason.
01:26But if I hadn't torn my ACL, which I would have torn anyways with this crash.
01:30Um, if I hadn't have done that, Tom wouldn't have been there.
01:34He wouldn't have been able to save my leg.
01:36So I feel very lucky and grateful for him.
01:40Um, for the six-hour surgery he put in on Wednesday to rebuild it, which went amazingly well.
01:48But, um, I was in the hospital a little longer than I had hoped because, uh, I had a very
01:55low hemoglobin from all the blood loss of all the surgeries.
02:00Um, I was really struggling.
02:02Pain was a little bit out of control.
02:04And, um, I had to, I had a blood transfusion.
02:08And that helped me a lot.
02:10Um, I turned the corner and now I am out.
02:15So I want to say thank you to Tom and all the medical staff in Italy and Colorado that helped
02:21take care of me.
02:22It's been quite the journey.
02:26Um, and it's going to be a long road.
02:28Um, I'm in a wheelchair right now.
02:30I'm very much immobile.
02:32I'll be in a wheelchair for a while because I also broke my right ankle.
02:39So, uh, I hope I can be on crutches in a little bit, but we'll see.
02:45And probably at least be on crutches for, for two months.
02:50Um, but I'm going to get right to work on rehab and see what I can do.
02:56And, um, take it one step at a time, like I always do.
03:01But it's been, I can't tell you how painful it's been.
03:05Um, it's been really hard.
03:08And, uh, it was definitely not the way I wanted to end my Olympics, but it's been really inspiring to
03:16watch my teammates.
03:17Um, everyone's just been incredible.
03:19And watching Team USA dominate has been really uplifting.
03:24So, um, I'm really proud of all you guys.
03:28And, uh, yeah.
03:31I'll keep you guys updated.
03:33It's going to be a long road.
03:36But, I always fight.
03:38We'll keep going.
03:39No regrets.
03:41And, uh, I just appreciate all the love and support.
03:45It's been really amazing.
03:47Overwhelming to an extent.
03:49You know, I, I wish I, I wish it had ended differently, really.
03:57But, I'd rather go down swinging than not try at all.
04:01And I think what I was able to achieve was more than anyone expected to begin with.
04:06Um, you know, this year was incredible and so worth everything.
04:11You know, I worked really hard to get back.
04:13And it was so worth it.
04:14You know, this was just one blip on the radar.
04:20It was one thing that I wish didn't happen, but life is life.
04:27And we have to take the punches as they come.
04:29So, I'm going to do the best I can with this one.
04:31It really knocks me down.
04:35But, I'm like Rocky.
04:37I'll just keep getting back up.
04:39I love you guys.
04:40Thanks.
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