Lindsey Vonn reveals how close she came to getting her leg amputated after Olympic crash

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Vonn has spoken retired astir nan early stages of her betterment from a surgery leg

American skier Lindsey Vonn suffered a analyzable limb fracture and different injuries during a scary clang astatine nan Winter Olympics.
She underwent multiple surgeries and was airlifted to infirmary pursuing nan incident.
Vonn's doctor, Tom Hackett, performed a fasciotomy to dainty compartment syndrome, which Vonn revealed saved her limb from imaginable amputation.
She besides fractured her fibula caput and collapsed her ankle, requiring a humor transfusion owed to important humor loss.
Now discharged from hospital, Vonn faces a agelong betterment play and is presently utilizing a wheelchair.

Lindsey Vonn says expert saved her limb from amputation arsenic she leaves infirmary pursuing Olympic crash

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