Lindsey Vonn says surgery saved her from having her left leg amputated following Winter Olympic crash

Vonn says post-crash surgery saved her leg from amputation

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Lindsey Vonn says she almost had leg amputated after crash at Winter Olympics

Lindsey Vonn says she came close to having her leg amputated in the aftermath of her crash during the Olympic downhill earlier this month. The condition occurs after traumatic injuries such as falls from heights and car crashes. “When you have so much trauma to one area of your body so that there’s too much blood and it gets stuck and it basically crushes everything,” Vonn said in her post.

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41-year-old developed compartment syndrome Skier credits Team USA surgeon with saving leg Lindsey Vonn says she came close to having her leg amputated in the aftermath of her crash during the Olympic downhill earlier this month. The 41-year-old suffered a complex tibia fracture to her left leg in the crash and underwent multiple surgeries in Italy before being flown back to the US for further treatment last week. But in an Instagram post on Monday, the American said the crash also led to co...

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