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Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion, Tony Stewart, underwent a third surgery on his right leg early on Monday, to examine and close a wound on his shin stemming from the broken tibia and fibula he sustained in a sprint car crash Aug. 5 at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
According to the team “Stewart will remain hospitalized for observation.” Stewart had attended a race with the use of a motorized chair recently.
Team characterized the operation “as a proactive measure and team officials do not expect it to impact Stewart's return” to his car in for the 2014 season.
Stewart's first surgery on Aug. 6 in Iowa served as a preliminary procedure to stabilize and clean the Grade 2 injury. The second surgery on Aug. 8, by a specialist in North Carolina, involved inserting a metal rod inside the tibia, pressing it to its anatomic position.
According to the team “Stewart will remain hospitalized for observation.” Stewart had attended a race with the use of a motorized chair recently.
Team characterized the operation “as a proactive measure and team officials do not expect it to impact Stewart's return” to his car in for the 2014 season.
Stewart's first surgery on Aug. 6 in Iowa served as a preliminary procedure to stabilize and clean the Grade 2 injury. The second surgery on Aug. 8, by a specialist in North Carolina, involved inserting a metal rod inside the tibia, pressing it to its anatomic position.
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| Tony Stewart still on race tracks with his broken leg. (Photo: NASCAR) |