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Tiger Woods is lucky to be alive this morning following a one-car rollover crash on Tuesday near Los Angeles, but his road to recovery will be a long, arduous one.
The 45-year old golf legend was immediately transported to a hospital where he immediately underwent surgery.
Woods suffered compound fractures in his legs, a source told CNN.
A compound fracture "is an open fracture, and the bone actually protrudes from the skin -- something that would have been noticeable at the time of the injury and ... something that obviously needs to be treated very quickly," CNN Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said.
"Mr. Woods suffered significant orthopaedic injuries to his lower right extremity that were treated during emergency surgery," Dr. Anish Mahajan, chief medical officer at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, said in a statement that was posted on Woods' Twitter account.
"(O)pen fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula bones were stabilized by inserting a rod into the tibia," he added. "Additional injuries to the bones of the foot and ankle were stabilized with a combination of screws and pins. Trauma to the muscle and soft-tissue of the leg required surgical release of the covering of the muscles to relieve pressure due to swelling."
A statement on Woods' Twitter account said he was awake and responsive after a "long surgical procedure."
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