Tiger Woods underwent additional follow-up procedures on Friday for injuries he sustained in a single car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The procedures were done at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was transferred on Wednesday night. Woods initially stayed at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center for three days after the accident, had a nail placed on his tibia and screws and pins inserted into his foot and ankle during emergency surgery.
In a statement posted on Twitter on Friday, Woods’ account announced the additional surgeries.
Tiger moved to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and received follow-up procedures for his injuries this morning. The procedures were successful and he is now recovering and in a good mood.
Tiger and his family want to thank you all for the support and wonderful messages you have received in the past few days. We will not have any more updates at this time.
Thank you for your continued privacy.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department indicated on Tuesday that Woods would have been transported to a facility other than Harbor-UCLA, a level 1 trauma center, if his injuries were fatal. Instead, he landed at Harbor-UCLA for surgery on several substantial injuries to his right leg. The incident was considered “purely accidental” after an LACSD investigation.
Police also indicated that Tiger’s life was saved because he was wearing his seat belt and driving a 2021 Genesis SUV. The vehicle ended up hundreds of meters from a central construction site, which he crossed, at the bottom of a steep ravine beside the road. According to LACSD, Woods was alert and conscious at the crash site – despite a crushed SUV front end – before being transported to Harbor-UCLA.
Anish Mahajan, the chief medical officer at Harbor-UCLA, provided a detailed update on Tiger’s surgeries on Tuesday night after his admission to the hospital.
Mr. Tiger Woods was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to continue orthopedic treatment and recovery. To respect patient confidentiality, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center will no longer provide information on patient care. On behalf of our team, it was an honor to provide orthopedic trauma care to one of the greatest athletes of our generation.
Sports injury expert Dr. Michael Zuri told CBS Sports that Woods was likely to need additional surgery in the near and distant future, as his right leg continues to heal from extensive injuries that required screws, rods and a fasciotomy “to relieve pressure due to swelling.”
It is not yet known how long Woods will be at Cedars-Sinai, but it will probably take a while as doctors try to rebuild his lower body. This may include skin grafts on your severely injured right leg. Maintaining surgical wounds and wounds against infections will be critical in the very near future, and a return to your Florida home does not appear to be imminent.
“Learning to walk here will be a big step forward,” said Dr. David Agus, a professor of medicine at USC who was interviewed on Wednesday at CBS Sports HQ. “Obviously, this is Tiger Woods. He will recover from that. He will do much more than just walk, but it will take time.”
“He is going to have several surgeries in the next two weeks,” said Dr. Zuri. “This is definitely of a threatening nature to the members. I think he will lose his leg? Probably not. … The next week is crucial. Infection is a big concern. … I would say that a month is when they “I kind of will know what’s going on, as long as he doesn’t have a bone infection or soft tissue complication. That’s a tenuous thing for a while.”
Woods, who will not be charged by LACSD, was in Los Angeles to host the Genesis Invitational, which has the support of its foundation and, after the tournament, participated in a series of promotional films with celebrities.
Tiger has not played professional golf since the PNC Challenge in December, which he played with his son Charlie. Woods was recovering from a fifth back surgery, which he did a few days before Christmas.