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A small update.CheckMyPecs said:Still no news... Hoping for a successful recovery.
Thank you for the info. The decrease of intracranial pressure is a little nugget of good news, as high intracranial pressure can be very dangerous.Samamba said:A small update.CheckMyPecs said:Still no news... Hoping for a successful recovery.
Due to the operations the intracranial pressure has decreased. He's still in an induced coma so that his body can heal better. De doctors can't make any predictions about if he's gonna survive or in what way he will come out of this.
I totally agree. There is no other sport (other than motorsports) where athletes would be getting so badly injured or killed like we have in cycling.RedheadDane said:This does not sound good!
I don't even care if he never makes it back on the bike, but just... let him live!
In all fairness, cyclists reach very high speeds at times and have absolutely no protection apart from helmets, so is it really a surprise that it's such a dangerous sport? Obviously motos crashing into riders doesn't help either, but some of the descents, street furniture etc are plain stupid. When you see technical descents at high altitudes with no barriers and cyclists hurtling down at 80km/h, it's a recipe for disaster. Same can be said about roundabouts 500m from finish lines on a flat run in, or even the mass gathering of spectators on the roadsides.Jancouver said:I totally agree. There is no other sport (other than motorsports) where athletes would be getting so badly injured or killed like we have in cycling.RedheadDane said:This does not sound good!
I don't even care if he never makes it back on the bike, but just... let him live!
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Stig Broeckx successfully underwent surgery of his fractured eye socket, an injury he incurred at the Belgium Tour. Yesterday Stig, who is still in an induced coma, was transferred to the ZOL hospital in Genk, where he is staying at the intensive care unit and where the neurosurgical team will follow up his condition. Stig will be kept in an induced coma for an indefinite period. Further evaluation and prognosis isn’t possible until a later phase.
http://lottosoudal.be/update-stig-broeckx/?lang=enThe past days the neurosurgical team of the hospital in Genk has reduced the medication of Stig in an attempt to get him out of coma. Unfortunately Stig doesn’t respond to stimuli like sound or movement. The doctors confirm that Stig has incurred severe brain damage, in the brain stem and different brain regions. He is now in a vegetative state. At the moment it is difficult to predict if the consciousness can partially come back.
Out of respect for the family there won’t be any further comments.