WSBK rider Régis Laconi who crashed during last Friday’s free practice at Kyalami, underwent surgery today.
Dr.
Maurizio Zorio and his team carried out the surgery and inserted a metal plate to stabilize the two cervical vertebrae fractured in the crash.
In addition a fragment of bone that had lodged close to the spinal cord was also removed and plastic surgery was carried out on the relevant area with a skin graft from the hip.
According to Mandy Toubkin, spokesperson for Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg, “the operation went well and the neuro-surgeons are satisfied by Laconi’s progress and that the French rider’s health is stable.
”Paul Louis Coulignon, lawyer and Laconi’s friend however has said: “that the doctors have found that his left leg is paralyzed, but it’s early to say if the paralysis is temporary or permanent and that he comunicates only by hand squeezing.
”If all goes according to plans, but not before May 30th, Laconi will be flown to Paris where he will continue his recovery.
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