Bono seriously injured in bike crash
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Dr Lorich, Bono’s doctor, says the US frontman will have to undergo intensive and progressive therapy to recover from his recent bicycle accident.
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THE injuries U2 singer Bono suffered in a recent bicycle accident are much more serious than first reported.
It was originally reported that the Irish rocker had injured his arm.
But it turns out it wasn’t only his arm that felt the full impact of the “high energy bicycle accident.” The singer’s doctor says Bono sustained facial fractures that included his eye socket, three breaks in his shoulder blade, a compound fracture of the elbow and a broken left hand.
The day before … Bono arrives in London to record the Band Aid 30 charity single on November 15. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images)
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“On November 16th, Bono was involved in a high energy bicycle accident when he attempted to avoid another rider. Presented as a trauma alert to New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell’s Emergency Department, his trauma work-up at that time included multiple X-rays and CAT scans,” the statement from Dr Den Lorich said.
Rolling Stone magazine also reports that Bono initially had a five hour operation to repair the breaks followed by a second operation on Monday on his hand.
U2 lead singer and activist Bono is expected to make a full recovery after receiving multiple injuries in a serious bicycle accident in Central Park.
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Luckily, a full recovery is expected; however Dr Lorich says the frontman will have to undergo intensive and progressive therapy. Here is a list of Bono’s injuries 1. Left facial fracture involving the orbit of his eye.
2. Left scapula (shoulder blade) fracture in three separate pieces.
3. Left compound distal humerus fracture where the bone of his humerus was driven though his skin and the bone was in six different pieces.
4. One day later, he had surgery to his left hand to repair a fracture of his 5th metacarpal (finger bone).
