The Repsol rider Marc Coma had a successful operation on his fractured collar bone and wrist today at the USP Institut Universitari Dexeus hospital, injuries he got after a fall on the 4th stage of the Rally Sardinia, third round of the World Raids Championship. Coma entered the hospital in Barcelona last Sunday night, 31st May, after a flight from Sardinia. After diagnosing the exact extent of the injuries a decision was taken for him to undergo surgery today Tuesday.
The Repsol Team Repsol KTM rider entered the operating theatre at 13:30, and the operation lasted 3 hours. Doctors Xavier Mir and Víctor Marled, from the Unidad de Cirugía y Microcirugía de la Mano en USP Institut Universitari Dexeus, gave him an open reduction and fixed the fracture on the left collar bone with a titanium plate with 9 screws – the fracture had several fragments – and at the same time his fractured left wrist was also repaired, the radius was also fractured. The procedure was another open reduction and fixed with a triangular plate containing 11 screws.
The Repsol rider will stay in hospital between 48 – 72 hours, and will receive an intensive anti-inflammatory treatment during this period, if the evolution is positive he will then be able to go home.
Doctor Xavier Mir >> Audio
“The patient, Marc Coma, arrived on Sunday night from Sardinia, and he had with him some X-rays showing injuries on the left upper side. A CAT in three dimensions confirmed that he had a fractured collar bone with several very displaced fragments, as well as a fracture at the level of his left wrist, on the radius, with an alteration on the joint. First we decided to wait 24 hours to make sure that the thoracic traumatism he had in Sardinia did not produce any complications, and today we operated on him, placing an S shaped plate at the level of the collar bone that is fixed with nine screws. At the level of the wrist we also placed a triangular plate, fixed with nine screws, so that it will return to the right position. He will be under observation between 48 – 72 hours, and if everything goes as it should it is possible he can then go home.”
