Sarah Burke, a Canadian freestyle skier who was injured on during a practice run had successful surgery to repair a vertebral artery tear, which had caused bleeding in her skull. The tear in Burke’s neck artery which supplies blood to the brain, caused an intracranial hemorrhage, a statement released by her publicists on Thursday said.

Dr. William T. Couldwell, who performed Wednesday’s surgery and is neurosurgery chair at University of Utah, said that he and his team need to monitor her brain functions before making any definitive prognosis can be made. Dr. Couldwell says that they frequently see this type of traumatic brain injury with car accident victims.

Burke reportedly fell during a practice run and was treated on the scene before being flown via helicopter to the University of Utah located in Salt Lake City.

Burke is considered a pioneer in freestyle skiing and was a major force in getting the ski halfpipe event added to the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Tags: Traumatic Brain Injury, World News

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   January 31, 2012 at 9:01 am

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