Whether you love him or hate him, Valentino Rossi breaking his tibia and fibula in this morning’s crash is big news especially in Italy where adoring fans are waiting outside the Florentine CTO “Careggi” hospital to have news about their favourite rider.
Here is the latest update from Sportmediaset and Italia 1 TV news:Rossi spent almost 3 hours in the operating room and the surgery was a success according to Dr.
Claudio Costa, who personally accompanied Rossi to the hospital.
The reigning World Champion will spend a week in the hospital and the latest prognosis is that he will be out of racing from four to five months.
Rossi is already awake and one of the first things that he asked was who got the pole position at the Mugello.
More updates when we get them.
UPDATE:Dr.
Buzzi made the following statement following the operation:“We received Valentino Rossi at the Careggi Hospital, where we made detailed checks in order to rule out any other injuries, and the results were satisfactory.
We therefore decided to proceed with the surgery for the exposed fracture of the right leg.
We performed a spinal block (epidural) and cleaned and washed the fracture, which was then aligned and stabilised with a pin.
“The surgery had good results; the alignment was good and the bone is now stable.
The wound remains open, as is usual in these cases, and it will be stitched in the next few days with another short surgery.
We are confident that Valentino will be able to leave the hospital in a week to ten days, able to put weight on the leg with the aid of crutches.