Ex-F1 driver Alex Zanardi undergoes third operation lasting five hours
Ex-Formula ꦜ1 driver Alex Zanardi has undergone a third operation lasting five hours on the serious head injuries he sustained last month.
The former F1 and CART racer collided with a vehicle while participating in a hanཧdbike race in Italy on June 19 and underwent emergency neurological surgery upon his arrival to the Santa Maria alle Scotte hospital in Siena.
Zanardi was subsequently placed in a medically-induced coma beꦿfore further neurological surgery took place on June 29.
Ex-Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi has undergone a third operation lasting fi🅰ve hours on the serious head injuries he sustained last month.
The former F1 and CART racer collided with a vehicle while participating in a handbike race in Italy on June 19 and underwent emergency neurological surgery upon his arrival to the San♈ta ཧMaria alle Scotte hospital in Siena.
Zanardi was subsequently placed ꧅in a medically-induced coma before further neurological surgery took place on June 29.
The hospital confirmed the 53-year-old Italian spent five hours in surgery “aimed at cranio-facial reconstruction and stabilisation of the areas affected by th𒁏e trauma”.
"The patient has undergone a 📖new surgery, performed by the professionals of the maxillofacial and neurosurgery, aimed at cranio-facial reconstruction and stabilisation of the areas affected by the trauma,” the latest medical bulletin read.
Professor Paolo Gennaro, director of🐎 the hospital’s m🎀axillofacial surgery unit, said “the fractures were complex”.
“This required careful programming that made use of computerised, digital and three-dimensional technologies made t🐈o ꦜmeasure for the patient,” he added.
“The complexity of the case was rather singular, even if 🐼it is a type of fracture that we routinely face in our centre.”
The four-times Paralympic gold medalist’s condition otherwise rem🍰ains unchanged.
“His condition remains stable from the cardio-respiratory and metabolic p🧜oint of view, [and] severe from the neurological point of view,” the bulletin co🐼ncluded.
The hospi𒉰tal 🥂has already confirmed that updates will only be provided when there is a significant update or change to Zanardi's condition.
Ferrari raced with the message ‘Forza Alex’ on both its cars during Sun🗹day’s Austrian Grand Prix, the opening round ꦬof the revised 2020 F1 season.
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