Alex Zanardi undergoes second surgery after handcycling accident

BARCELONA SPAIN SEPTEMBER 30 Former Formula One driver and paracyclist Alex Zanardi poses after finishing IRONMAN Barcelona on September 30 2017 in Calella Barcelona province Spain Photo by Alex CaparrosGetty Images for IRONMAN
Zanardi after winning Ironman Barcelona in 2017 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Paracyclist Alex Zanardi remains in hospital in an induced coma on Tuesday after a CT scan on Monday showed that a second neurosurgery would be necessary. The surgery lasted two and a half hours, and Zanardi was returned to the intensive care unit where he remains sedated and intubated.

According to a press release issued by the Siena University Hospital, Zanardi remains stable from the cardio-respiratory and metabolic point of view, while the neurological point of view presents a more severe situation.

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